Posted by Chris Eng in RESEARCH, April 19, 2011 |
It’s here! Data junkies rejoice!
Today we’re proud to release the third volume of our semi-annual State of Software Security report. This edition incorporates data from 4,835 applications analyzed via our cloud-based platform over the past 18 months. After lots of number crunching and a fair amount of head scratching, we’ve unearthed some intriguing findings that reflect the progress (or lack thereof) being made in securing the world’s software.
Not convinced yet? Here are a few of the data points I found particularly interesting:
Over the past 8 quarters, the prevalence of SQL Injection (% of web apps affected) …
Posted by Tyler Shields in RESEARCH, April 8, 2011 |
[UPDATE! April 15: Pandora removes all advertising libraries from its Android and iPhone apps!]
The blog post we made earlier this week entitled, Mobile Apps Invading Your Privacy, gives detail around the information being requested by the advertisement libraries embedded inside a popular online radio application. There have been a number of great posts and comments that got us thinking more about the issues and the types of data being requested.
First off we want to thank some people who commented about the Pandora application not having permission to actually access the GPS on the device. Below are the …
Posted by Tyler Shields in RESEARCH, April 5, 2011 |
[April 8: We've added some more information in a follow-up post]
Background
An article in the Wall Street Journal, dated April 5, 2011, disclosed that Federal prosecutors in New Jersey are investigating numerous smart phone application manufacturers for allegedly, illegally obtaining and distributing personal private information to third party advertisement groups. The allegations state that mobile applications are gathering data such as GPS location, device identifiers, gender, and even user age without proper notice or authorization from the end user. The Journal tested 101 applications and found that 56 of them transmitted the device unique identifier off the device, while …
Posted by Fergal Glynn in INFOGRAPHICS, April 2, 2011 |
Whether you use Social Networks for games, video and photos, or just to re-connect with old friends, you should be aware of how your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is protected. This infographic details several of the ways Google and Facebook handle Privacy and Security.
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