Over 90 percent of cryptocurrency mobile apps contain vulnerabilities

In the week when cryptocurrency values have reached new levels some worrying research from web security firm High-Tech Bridge reveals that more than 90 percent of the most popular cryptocurrency mobile apps on Google Play have common vulnerabilities and weaknesses. The company used its free Mobile X-Ray service to test apps for security flaws and design weaknesses that can endanger the user, data stored on the device or sent and received via the network, or the mobile device itself. Of the top 30 applications with over 500,000 installations, 94 percent contain at least three medium-risk vulnerabilities, and 77 percent contain… [Continue Reading]