Google also announced the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative (APVI) right now: https://t.co/wkCfhybYB2
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) October 2, 2020
Just an unfortunate timing coincidence. These two aren't related.
The APVI is a security program for Android OEMs (phone vendors)
Google has a new Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative (APVI) to drive remediation about issues discovered at Google that affect device models shipped by Android partners https://t.co/oliKHwoWnw
— Ryan Naraine (@ryanaraine) October 2, 2020
Google has a way to fix security holes in Android phone makers' software. Like a hard-coded firmware update password and a password manager a malicious website could have raided for data. https://t.co/xDtXaWa36C
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) October 2, 2020
Scoop: Google is putting together a special Android security team tasked with finding bugs in highly sensitive Play Store apps
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) October 2, 2020
Android apps that will be on the team's radar include COVID-19 contact tracing apps and election-related appshttps://t.co/ed4FYsRB43 cc: @Techmeme pic.twitter.com/Uzlkr2Ua9q
Android apps that will be on the team's radar include COVID-19 contact tracing apps and election-related apps. Google is creating a special Android security team to find bugs in sensitive ... via @zdnet #infosec #tech #FridayFeeling https://t.co/qeGbVNFNn8
— AJ Durling (@Gurgling_MrD) October 2, 2020
Google is creating a special Android security team to find bugs in sensitive apps https://t.co/sECUDigDLu by @campuscodi
— ZDNet (@ZDNet) October 2, 2020
Announcing the launch of the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative https://t.co/b4XvzNtWVh #android #google
— Michael Birdy (@michbirdy) October 3, 2020
Google Launches Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative APVI#cybersecurity #informationsecurity #networksecurity #informationtechnology #hacking #security #vulnerability #vaultinfosec #wevowyoursecurity #cyberattack #malware #websecurity #Google #Androidhttps://t.co/V4aBWOsxrh
— Vault Infosec (@vaultinfosec) October 3, 2020