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Android now certified to support FIDO2 standard

Google and FIDO Alliance (FIDO) have announced that Android is now certified to support the FIDO2 standard. With this news, any compatible device running Android 7.0+ is now FIDO2 Certified out of the box or after an automated Google Play Services update.

Devices and OS Android

·6 years ago

All Apple Developer Accounts to require two-factor authentication

Apple is now requiring all developers to use the company's two-factor authentication protocol to protect their Apple IDs. Apple has required new Apple Developer Program signups to have two-factor authentication enabled for a while now and this change is now being brought to all existing developer accounts.

Developers Apple

·6 years ago

Adiantum is Google’s New Encryption Model

Google has a new mode of storage encryption called Adiantum that is made specifically to run on phones and smart devices that don’t have the specialised hardware to use current methods to encrypt locally stored data efficiently.

Google Connected

·6 years ago

BlackBerry releases February 2019 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the February 2019 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices. The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices.

Devices and OS BlackBerry Android

·6 years ago

Google releases February 2019 Android Security Bulletin and Google Device Images

Google has released the February 2019 Android Security Bulletin, giving carriers and device makers a fresh set of patches to install.

Devices and OS Google Android

·6 years ago

BlackBerry releases January 2019 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the January 2019 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices. The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices.

Devices and OS BlackBerry Android

·6 years ago

WhatsApp limits message sharing to Five

WhatsApp is limiting its users from forwarding single messages no more than five times, in an attempt to stop the spread of fake news through the messaging platform. The service, which had allowed users to forward messages up to 20 times, announced the new policy in Jakarta, Indonesia where the country is holding its general elections.

Apps

·6 years ago

Ring Employees reportedly Had Full Access To Customers’ Live Video Cameras

While most Ring users thought that the cameras they installed were able to detect what was going on inside and around their homes using automated computer vision technologies, there may have been an entire team of humans watching the footage as well.

Connected

·6 years ago

Google releases January 2019 Android Security Bulletin and Google Device Images

Google has released the January 2019 Android Security Bulletin, giving carriers and device makers a fresh set of patches to install.

Devices and OS Google Android

·7 years ago

BlackBerry to license its technology for development of secure IoT devices

BlackBerry today announced it is scaling its BlackBerry Secure technology and licensing strategy to empower the electronics industry to rapidly bring-to-market safe and secure IoT devices.

BlackBerry Connected

·7 years ago

BlackBerry releases December 2018 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the December 2018 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices. The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices.

Android Devices and OS BlackBerry

·7 years ago

BlackBerry launches Security Credential Management System

BlackBerry today affirmed its commitment to helping the private and public sectors come together to accelerate the development of Smart Cities and Intelligent Transportation Systems with a Security Credential Management System (SCMS) service.

BlackBerry Connected Automotive

·7 years ago

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