Growing Calls to Ban Chinese Owned TikTok App and Other Software Apps Considered to be National Security Threats
Chinese company ByteDance faces growing concerns from governments and regulators that its user data from its popular short video-sharing app TikTok could be handed over to the Chinese government. The concern is...
Kevin McCarthy Humiliates Himself By Vowing To Investigate Facebook And Google
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) still lacks the votes need to be elected speaker, so he is promising to investigate Google and Facebook.
Texas Sues Google for Gathering Biometric Data
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Google for alleged “blatant defiance” of Texas’s biometric privacy law, which prohibits capturing biometric identifiers without prior consumer consent. The complaint alleges...
Privacy Tip #311 – New Mexico AG Serious About Children’s Privacy Protections
New Mexico’s Attorney General, Hector Balderas, continues to champion children’s online privacy protections, this time settling with Google over alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We previously...
Could Artificial Intelligence Save the Holiday Shopping Season?
As we all know supply chain disruptions over the past two years do not seem to be going away any time soon. However, businesses are turning to new artificial intelligence-powered (AI)...
Privacy Tip #303 – Russian Hacking Group Targets Gmail Users
If you think the Russians are only targeting U.S. companies and the defense industry, think again. The cyber war between Russia and the U.S. has escalated since the President threw down...
Google releases emergency fix to plug zero‑day hole in Chrome
The emergency release comes a mere three days after Google’s previous update that plugged another 19 security loopholes The post Google releases emergency fix to plug zero‑day hole in Chrome appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Privacy Tip #291 – Cryptomining Apps Offer Fake Services for a Fee
Although app platforms guard against fake apps, criminals are working hard to get around app platform rules to scam victims out of a cryptobuck. Apple and Google throw apps off their...
National Cybersecurity Center Launches Free Training for State Elected Officials
Speaking of security education and training, the National Cybersecurity Center this week launched a new initiative to offer cyber-hygiene and IT security sessions to elected state government officials and their staff...
Episode 205 – Google’s Camille Stewart: InfoSec’s Lack of Diversity is a Cyber Risk
In this interview, Camille Stewart, Google’s Head of Security Policy for Google Play and Android explains how understanding how systemic racism influences cyber security is integral to protecting the American people...