More than 84% of the shopping apps have three or more high-level security vulnerabilities, according to a security assessment by Appknox and Seworks.
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A total of 274 vulnerabilities were detected among the top 50 Android mobile shopping apps, and all had security risks. The apps were tested across 34 different security testing categories.
94% of the apps failed an Unprotected Exported Receivers test
Android apps export receivers, which respond to external broadcast announcements and communicate with other apps. For instance, when Receivers are not protected — hackers can modify the app’s behavior as they wish, and insert data that doesn’t belong to apps.
70% of the apps were found to be affected by Unprotected Exported Activities
Activities are executed via authorized access. When an Activity is exported with no protection, it can be remotely launched outside of the app. This may allow hackers to access to sensitive information, modify the internal structure of the applications, or deceive a user into communicating with the compromised application while believing they are still interacting with the original application.
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