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COVID-19, the New Normal and the Indisputable Importance of Mobile App SecuCategory: Business, Security, Data, android, ios, encryption, automation, artificial-intelligence
By Tom Tovar on June 12, 20202 CommentsAs the United States emerges from COVID-19 lockdown, it’s not back to business as usual.
Further, it’s also certain that the new normal post-COVID-19 world represents a fundamental transformation in how businesses operate, with mobile business models taking center stage.For most businesses, their storefront was their most important asset for awareness and revenue generation prior to the pandemic.
This requires developers to iterate even faster to deliver an engaging, glitch-free experience.Unfortunately, in the mad rush to ship apps as fast as possible, security often gets short shrift in favor of features and functionality.According to the Verizon Mobile Security Index 2020, even before the pandemic hit, 43% of app developers said they knew they were cutting corners on security to “get the job done.”
With access to these codes and the unprotected user credentials found in the app, hackers can easily launch account takeover attacks on tens of thousands of unsuspecting mobile app users.What’s more, the new normal post-COVID-19 world is causing a huge increase in app usage, cybercriminals and hackers believe that the time is ripe to start exploiting known mobile app security flaws.
With malware like EventBot that can be embedded in popular apps that users already trust, the game for mobile app exploits has been upped dramatically.EventBot is just one example of why it’s critical for app developers to encrypt all app data (including the strings, resources and in-app preferences that are stored on the device), obfuscate code and shield apps from tampering and reverse engineering efforts.
Further, it’s also certain that the new normal post-COVID-19 world represents a fundamental transformation in how businesses operate, with mobile business models taking center stage.For most businesses, their storefront was their most important asset for awareness and revenue generation prior to the pandemic.
This requires developers to iterate even faster to deliver an engaging, glitch-free experience.Unfortunately, in the mad rush to ship apps as fast as possible, security often gets short shrift in favor of features and functionality.According to the Verizon Mobile Security Index 2020, even before the pandemic hit, 43% of app developers said they knew they were cutting corners on security to “get the job done.”
With access to these codes and the unprotected user credentials found in the app, hackers can easily launch account takeover attacks on tens of thousands of unsuspecting mobile app users.What’s more, the new normal post-COVID-19 world is causing a huge increase in app usage, cybercriminals and hackers believe that the time is ripe to start exploiting known mobile app security flaws.
With malware like EventBot that can be embedded in popular apps that users already trust, the game for mobile app exploits has been upped dramatically.EventBot is just one example of why it’s critical for app developers to encrypt all app data (including the strings, resources and in-app preferences that are stored on the device), obfuscate code and shield apps from tampering and reverse engineering efforts.
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