cybersecurity

• TikTok Says New ‘Transparency Center’ Will Invite Outside Experts To Observe Its Content, Data Practices
• TikTok Hires ‘Chief Information Security Officer’ To Assuage Persisting Concerns

  As security concerns surrounding TikTok continue to mount -- and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has become the latest agency to ban the app on government-issued devices -- TikTok has hired a new chief information security officer to help assuage fears.

  
• TikTok Says It Patched Major Security Flaws Uncovered By Research Firm

  TikTok says that it has fixed a number of vulnerabilities uncovered by cybersecurity research firm Check Point that could have enabled bad actors to manipulate users' content as well as to pilfer personal data.

  
• U.S. Army Bans TikTok On Government Phones, Calling App A “Cyber Threat”

  As concerns surrounding hit microvideo app TikTok continue to loom, the U.S. Army has banned use of the app on all government-owned phones.NBC reports that the Army made the call in accordance with guidance from the Pentagon.

  
• Google Shuts Down 39 YouTube Accounts Linked To Iranian “Influence Operation”