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Apple helps draft blockchain rules for Responsible Minerals Initiative
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Tesla’s new ‘sentry mode’ camera security feels more like a hack than a real feature
Firefox 15 for iOS arrives with persistent Private Browsing, menu redesign, and tab reordering
Pirates hijack Apple’s enterprise certificates to put hacked apps on iPhones
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Why hybrid cloud architecture means totally rethinking security (VB Live)
Google Play Store app rejections went up 55% last year
U.S. Senator asks Apple and Google to ban Saudi woman-monitoring app
ShiftLeft raises $20 million for code analysis software that automatically patches vulnerabilities
Axonius raises $13 million to help businesses track and secure their connected devices
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AI is giving companies a fighting chance against cyberattacks (VB Live)
Opinion
Apple’s latest privacy issues show we need ‘now recording’ lights
Opinion
ProBeat: Stop trading security for convenience
Google has paid security researchers over $15 million for bug bounties, $3.4 million in 2018 alone
Castle raises $9.2 million for AI that protects consumer apps from account takeovers
Apple belatedly fixes FaceTime privacy bug with iOS and macOS updates
Google launches Adiantum to bring encryption to low-end devices
Facebook logged a user into someone else’s account with a recycled phone number
Cybersecurity provider Illumio raises $65 million to continue global expansion
Italy opts not to ban Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks, despite earlier report
Microsoft really doesn’t want you to buy Office 2019
Researcher reveals huge Mac password flaw to protest Apple bug bounty
vArmour raises $44 million for proactive cloud cybersecurity
U.S. deems EU allies ‘top priority’ in cutting Huawei out of 5G networks
Google launches Password Checkup Chrome extension to thwart data breaches
Signal Sciences raises $35 million to grow its security platform for web apps
Germany seeks guarantee that Huawei won’t hand data to Chinese state
Nest Guard gains support for Google Assistant
WhatsApp introduces face and fingerprint unlocking for iPhone
Apple will reportedly store Russian user data locally, possibly decrypt on request
Opinion
ProBeat: If your company uses iOS, it’s time for an internal audit
Apple apologizes for Group FaceTime privacy issue, delays software update
Twitter froze suspicious accounts linked to Iran, Russia, and Venezuela ahead of 2018 U.S. midterms
Google releases dataset to help AI systems spot fake audio recordings
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