Google hiring special team to spot critical bugs in Android apps

As bugs in highly-sensitive apps on Google Play Store keep increasing, Google is now looking for security engineers to find critical vulnerabilities and focus largely on fake Covid-19 contact tracing and election-related apps.

The security engineers will manage a team that "performs reverse engineering, technical security assessments, code audits and design reviews of third-party Android applications and libraries," Google said in the latest job posting.

There's no such thing as a "safe system" -- only safer systems and Google said that its security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers.

Apple iphone 12 series launched

- At its much-anticipated 'Hi, Speed' hardware event in Cupertino, Apple has taken the wraps off four new iPhones. Yeah, the iPhone lineup has today grown to four devices, including the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max. The new lineup is powered by the world's first 5nm A14 Bionic chipset, supports 5G, and brings a myriad of other minor upgrades. Source - Beboom

Google messages app - Update

- Google messages app to get message category for efficient SMS management A couple of days back, we saw a possible option in Google Messages to let users auto-delete OTPs after 24 hours. The latest development suggests that the company is focusing more on the app's functionality, as it is now testing message categories.

Coronavirus can surive on smartphone screens for 28 days - Study

- While most of us have made wearing face masks and washing hands part of our routines, we often forget to sanitize the gadgets we're using, primarily smartphones, and a new study shows we should seriously consider sanitizing our devices. Source - Beboom

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