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Despite the fact that there have been many high profile cases of cyber attacks, apps remain vulnerable.

A recent study conducted by Bluebox has shown that virtually no travel apps have gone to the extent of adding encrypted data to protect them from mobile security breaches, and several are made with vulnerable code.

Even though there have been countless cyber attacks in recent headlines, added security hasn’t become a priority.

The attacks to companies as large as Target and Ashley Madison could have acted like a mobile security wake up call, but it’s clear that this has not been the case. Even though the evidence is strong that mobile app security is important to consumers, and there is great concern about hacks among companies and individuals, alike, app developers don’t seem to be building it in. Bluebox, a mobile app security and analytics company has conducted an analysis that has shown that the average person is surprisingly vulnerable to hacking through mobile devices.

The focus on the mobile security study was primarily on travel apps, which showed considerable holes.

Among 10 top Android travel apps, Bluebox found that only one of them had encrypted the data that it was storing on the user’s device. Among 10 of the top iOS travel apps, there wasn’t a single one that had encrypted the data stored on the device. Furthermore, only 2 out of the 10 Android apps that were analyzed and only 1 of the 10 iOS apps analyzed had used certificate pinning. Bluebox explained that certificate pinning is “a key capability for securing app data in transit.”

The lead security analyst at Bluebox Security, Andrew Blaich, explained that among the most important activities of a mobile app is to ensure that it is encrypting data that is written. He also pointed out that “We also want to make sure that the data is not easily accessible at all.” Of all the apps that were analyzed in this study, only one of them had actually employed data encryption.

That said, it was pointed out that in that instance, this mobile security step was “hard-coded into the source code,” which means that it would still be simple for someone to decrypt the data from the source code.

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The phone-factor is the second layer of two-factor or multi-factor authentication. Phone-based authentication is enabled through an end-user’s cell phone or smartphone and provides an advanced level of authentication. The authentication process is done using passcodes, text messages, or phone calls. It is mainly used by banks and payment gateways to ensure confidentiality and to verify the authenticity of the user during monetary transactions. It is also being adopted by other sectors such as healthcare. It is a cost-effective method compared to hardware tokens for securing information.

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• EMC
• Gemalto
• Microsoft
• Symantec
• Technology Nexus
• VASCO

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