OWASP Mobile Security Top 10 for Android and iOS apps

Mobile Applications are often insecure. There can be a lot of reasons leading to the vulnerabilities – the most common being developer mistakes.

So how do you ensure the apps you are developing are secure, and don’t have any serious security issues. A good starting point is the OWASP Mobile Top 10. Before launching the application on the Google Play Store or App Store, you should also conduct a thorough security assessment of the app by your internal security team or through an security firm with an expertise in Mobile Security – Attify.

We at Attify work with developers and organisations around the world, helping them secure their mobile applications and preventing them from getting hacked.

Below is the OWASP Mobile Security Top 10 vulnerabilities :

• M1: Weak Server Side Controls
• M2: Insecure Data Storage
• M3: Insufficient Transport Layer Protection
• M4: Unintended Data Leakage
• M5: Poor Authorization and Authentication
• M6: Broken Cryptography
• M7: Client Side Injection
• M8: Security Decisions Via Untrusted Inputs
• M9: Improper Session Handling
• M10: Lack of Binary Protections

We have described briefly about the individual categories in the below infographic.

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