T-Mobile LG V20 gets a software update, security and audio quality patches included – Phone Arena


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T-Mobile LG V20 gets a software update, security and audio quality patches included
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According to the screenshots that can be seen below, this new update brings Android Pay improvements to T-Mobile's V20, plus an "Audio Quality" patch, Android Security updates (including Google's December security patch), and various other fixes.

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Vulnerabilities Leave iTunes, App Store Open to Script Injection

Researchers say iTunes and Apple’s App Store suffer from a persistent input validation and mail encoding web vulnerability. If exploited, it could allow an attacker to inject their own malicious script.
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Think employers must protect workers’ personal info? Think again

There’s good news for security pros worried that their organizations may be liable if their employees’ personal information gets hacked: a panel of judges in Pennsylvania says workers can’t collect damages from their employer if things like Social Security numbers, bank account information, birth dates, addresses and salaries are compromised in a data breach.

Even though the stolen data was used to file phony tax returns in order to get the refunds, the workers at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) had no reasonable expectation that the data would be safe, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled recently.

The case, known as in Dittman v. UPMC, pertains solely to employee records, not customer records, and not patient records, which are protected by HIPAA.

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Google explains how it spots malicious Android apps – Engadget


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Google explains how it spots malicious Android apps
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In a blog post on Android Developers, Google explains how it detects if a particular application is harmful even with the absence of Verify's verdict. "To understand this problem more deeply," the post reads, "the Android Security team correlates app

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