Google Secures Open Source, Meta Gestures Ahead, TapTrap on Android | IT SPARC Cast – News Bytes #44

Google Secures Open Source, Meta Gestures Ahead, TapTrap on Android | IT SPARC Cast – News Bytes #44

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In this episode of IT SPARC Cast – News Bytes, John & Lou cover three stories every IT and security leader should care about:

🛡 Google Launches OSS Rebuild — An AI-powered, open-source tool that automatically rebuilds and verifies packages from PyPI, NPM, and Crates.io to detect supply-chain tampering. Perfect to slot into your DevSecOps pipeline alongside your CI/CD and QA gates.
https://security.googleblog.com/2025/...

👋 Meta’s Wrist-Worn Gesture Controllers — Peer-reviewed research in Nature shows Meta using sEMG (surface electromyography) on the wrist to decode hand intent for AR/VR. No cameras, no gloves, potentially even haptic feedback down the road. We compare it to Apple’s and Google’s current gesture inputs and talk UX, accessibility, and enterprise implications.
https://www.meta.com/blog/reality-lab...

📱 TapTrap on Android — A new attack abuses screen transition animations to invisibly overlay prompts and hijack input. Good news: it’s already patched on GrapheneOS, and you can mitigate it today by turning off system animations until Google ships a fix.
https://taptrap.click/

Plus: why this is how responsible disclosure should work—and a quick jab at vendors still ghosting customers on serious vulns.

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⏱ Timestamps / Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Google Launches OSS Rebuild (AI vs. Open-Source Supply Chain Attacks)
07:12 - Meta’s Wrist-Worn Gesture Controllers for AR Interaction (sEMG, not sci-fi)
12:00 - TapTrap Targeting Android Devices (turn off OS animations now)
15:32 - Wrap Up

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