Three years since TikTok was launched, the video-sharing social network grown rapidlyto accumulate more than two billion downloads, one of the most popular apps of the moment, beating even Instagram or YouTube in consumption time in the United States, United Kingdom or Spain, particularly among younger age segments.
Android devices running on operating system versions 9.0 and earlier — or about 90 per cent of users — may be exposed to a security vulnerability that could allow attackers to hijack an installed application and gain unauthorised access to sensitive data.
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Windows 10 users, you have had a lot of bad updates to deal with recently, but Microsoft’s latest warning is for an update you need to install right now.
Acquired by Google in 2014, Firebase is a mobile platform that helps users to develop apps quickly and securely. Think of it as the app production platform of choice for vast numbers of developers, taking advantage of the cloud-hosted real-time database that enables easy storage and syncing of data between users. It makes cross-platform collaboration a breeze, brings serverless app development to the masses, and is strong on user-based security.
The Coronavirus pandemic is changing how people receive healthcare with a shift to more remote diagnosis options being rolled out as a first line of care. The advantages are many, but as an unfortunate result, healthcare data breaches will begin to spike once again!
Hackers have stolen more than $25 million in cryptocurrency from the Lendf.me lending platform. A similar attack was carried out against the Uniswap cryptocurrency exchange, but no losses were recorded.