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« on: February 09, 2017, 04:05:15 pm »

Dozens of popular iOS apps leave user data vulnerable to attack

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<p>Dozens of iOS apps that are supposed to be encrypting their users’ data don’t do it properly, according to a security researcher.</p><p>Will Strafach, CEO of Sudo Security Group, said he found 76 iOS apps that are vulnerable to an attack that can intercept protected data.</p><p>The developers of the apps have accidentally misconfigured the networking-related code so it will accept an invalid Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate, Strafach claimed in a Monday blog post.   </p><p>TLS is used to secure an app’s communication over an internet connection. Without it, a hacker can essentially eavesdrop over a network to spy on whatever data the app sends, such as login information.  </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3166530/security/dozens-of-ios-apps-fail-to-secure-users-data-researcher-says.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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