UAW leaders approve GM deal to begin ratification vote

<p>UAW President Shawn Fain and Mike Booth, the UAW's vice president who leads the union's GM department, will share additional details of the tentative agreement at noon Saturday in a Facebook livestream.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/u...ation-vote

Strike, along with higher prices, hurts U.S. sales

<p>Ford and Mazda reported their first sales declines of 2023, while Toyota, Kia and Hyundai had their smallest gains of the year.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/sales/us-auto-s...her-prices

Houston dealership, police take on fraud

<p>Helfman CDJR-Fiat lost about six vehicles, representing about $300,000, each year to customer I.D. fraud before General Manager Steven Wolf and his staff started working with the Houston Police Department to fight these crimes.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/best-practices/...r-id-fraud

VinFast offers dealers fresh brand, with risks

<p>The Vietnamese automaker's shift to third-party retailers offers dealers a chance to grow with an EV brand from the ground up. But the risks are daunting, analysts and dealers say.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/dealers/vinfast...ar-dealers

UAW deal with GM includes nearly $2B in new investment

<p>All together, the UAW's deals with the Detroit 3, which are being voted on by workers in the coming weeks, call for $40 billion in investment through April 2028.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/u...future-evs

Volvo gets EX30’s face from galaxy far, far away

<p>Volvo exterior design chief T. Jon Mayer created the EX30’s face based on the helmet worn by bounty hunter Boba Fett in the ‘Star Wars’ movies.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/design/volvo-ge...r-far-away

Judge gives Carlos Ghosn eviction order

<p>The former Nissan and Renault chairman claims the house was purchased to be his residence, but its owner says he's trespassing.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/executives/carl...banon-home

Ineos Automotive's U.S. dealership network is private only

<p>Ineos Automotive has 19 dealerships in the U.S., but none of the fledging automaker's stores are owned by a publicly traded auto retailer.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/dealers/public-...franchises

CanesSpy Spyware Discovered in Modified WhatsApp Versions

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a number of WhatsApp mods for Android that come fitted with a spyware module dubbed CanesSpy.
These modified versions of the instant messaging app have been observed propagated via sketchy websites advertising such modded software as well as Telegram channels used primarily by Arabic and Azerbaijani speakers, one of which boasts of two million users.
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https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/caness...ified.html

Google Play Store Introduces 'Independent Security Review' Badge for Apps

Google is rolling out an "Independent security review" badge in the Play Store's Data safety section for Android apps that have undergone a Mobile Application Security Assessment (MASA) audit.
"We've launched this banner beginning with VPN apps due to the sensitive and significant amount of user data these apps handle," Nataliya Stanetsky of the Android Security and Privacy Team said.

https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/google...duces.html