HUMAN partners with InMobi to help tackle in-app ad fraud

Cybersecurity firm HUMAN Security has partnered with mobile advertising giant InMobi to help tackle fraudulent behaviour.

Mobile is projected to account for 75 percent of global ad spend by the end of 2021—offering huge opportunities for the industry, but also making it a major target for cybercriminals.

Kunal Nagpal, SVP and General Manager of the Publisher Platform and Exchange at InMobi, said:

“InMobi is committed to transparency, trust-based...

25 August 2021 | Platforms

Facebook Gaming reopens applications for its Black Gaming Creator Program

Facebook Gaming has reopened applications for its Black Gaming Creator Program following a brief hiatus.

The initiative was announced in December to support the black gaming community with $10 million of funding provided to inspire and equip the next generation of creators.

“We firmly believe in positivity, inclusion, and diversity in everything we do,” the company wrote. “We want our creators and viewers to share their love for gaming in an environment that is...

24 August 2021 | Gaming

Twilio Segment’s dev toolkit simplifies differentiated customer experiences

Twilio has introduced a new developer toolkit for its customer data platform Segment to simplify the delivery of differentiated experiences.

The toolkit promises to provide companies with the most powerful data collection and integration capabilities on the market.

Peter Reinhardt, CEO of Twilio Segment, said:

“Every company is investing and innovating in digital customer engagement in order to compete. The trouble is, you can’t buy a one-size-fits-all SaaS...

20 August 2021 | Platforms

GitHub Discussions exits beta to help boost developer communities

GitHub’s collaboration-driving feature Discussions is exiting beta to help developer communities thrive.

Discussions enable developers to make repos fun, collaborative, and engaging spaces with features like the ability to pin big announcements, label discussions, mark the most helpful answers, personalise categories, and respond on-the-go via mobile.

Later this year, GitHub will be adding two more features:

Ask your community with polls. With the new Polls...

18 August 2021 | Git

Boris Cipot, Synopsys Software Integrity: On the cybersecurity landscape and countering threats

Following a year of high-profile cyberattacks, developers are understandably concerned their software could be the next to be compromised.

Developer caught up with Boris Cipot, Senior Sales Engineer at Synopsys Software Integrity, to discuss the cybersecurity landscape and how developers can secure their software.

Cipot came to Synopsys following the company’s acquisition of Black Duck Software. Prior to those companies, Cipot held senior roles at anti-malware...

13 August 2021 | DevOps

Developers can finally release their own Tiles for Wear OS

Google continues to remind us that it hasn’t forgotten about Wear OS and will now allow developers to release their own Tiles for the wearable platform.

After years of relatively minor updates, many people wondered if Google was giving up on wearables. Then, in May, Samsung announced that it was ditching Tizen for its upcoming Galaxy Watch 4 and would be joining forces with Google to reboot and co-develop Wear OS.

Naturally, long-suffering fans have been given a spark...

11 August 2021 | API

Checkmarx acquires Dustico in wake of increasing supply chain attacks

Developer-centric app security testing (AST) firm Checkmarx has acquired Dustico to help counter the increasing threat of supply chain attacks.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Dustico and its team to Checkmarx as the Israeli tech ecosystem continues to push the boundaries of cybersecurity innovation and talent,” said Emmanuel Benzaquen, CEO, Checkmarx.

“Blending Dustico’s differentiated approach to open source analysis with Checkmarx’s best-of-breed security...

6 August 2021 | Hacking & Security

2021 Stack Overflow Survey: React.js takes the web framework crown, Python is in-demand, and devs still love Rust

The 2021 edition of Stack Overflow’s developer survey features both substantial changes in the landscape while other elements have remained stubbornly resilient.

In a blog post, Stack Overflow’s Ben Popper and David Gibson wrote:

“This year’s survey was a little different than ones in years past. We opened our 2020 survey in February, and by the time we got around to publishing the results, the reality of work and daily life had shifted dramatically for people...

3 August 2021 | Development Tools

Google announces raft of Play Store security policy updates

Google has announced a number of changes to its Play Store security policies that will come into effect over the coming year.

Starting in September, a new section will be added to Google’s Enforcement policy that will mean inactive or otherwise abandoned developer accounts will be closed after one year of dormancy.

October will see various policies introduced on different dates.

On 15 October, the Device and Network Abuse policy will be clarified to prohibit...

30 July 2021 | Android

Stanford Law and GitHub launch initiative to protect open-source developers

Stanford Law and GitHub are partnering on an initiative to protect the legal rights of open-source developers.

Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act from 1998 prohibits the circumvention of technological measures employed by, or on behalf of, copyright owners to protect access to their works.

Open-source developers regularly face takedown claims under Section 1201 but, rather than fight it, they often decide to avoid the cost and risk by just removing the...

27 July 2021 | Git