Security pros weren’t very kind to mobile applications last week. Several firms knocked apps produced for the smartphone market for all kinds of risky behaviors that could lead to trouble not only for mobile device owners, but also for their employers.
Android has been a poster child for misbehaving apps in the past, but Apple’s apps aren’t as pristine as is commonly believed, suggests an Appthority report. Ninety-one percent of the top 400 free and paid iOS apps exhibited risky behaviors, according to its Winter 2014 App Reputation Report.
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Security Firms Scour Mobile Apps
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. February 24, 2014 04:19 PMSecurity pros weren’t very kind to mobile applications last week. Several firms knocked apps produced for the smartphone market for all kinds of risky behaviors that could lead to trouble not only for mobile device owners, but also for their employers.
Android has been a poster child for misbehaving apps in the past, but Apple’s apps aren’t as pristine as is commonly believed, suggests an Appthority report. Ninety-one percent of the top 400 free and paid iOS apps exhibited risky behaviors, according to its Winter 2014 App Reputation Report.