Are the health apps you use secure?

Think about the health apps you use. Are you sharing confidential information? If so, is your app secure?

Arxan Technologies completed their 5th annual State of Application Security report. This report takes an in-depth look into the security of some of the most popular mobile health applications.

They found a huge discrepancy between consumers’ beliefs regarding the level of security built into these health apps, and the degree to which developers of these apps actually address known application vulnerabilities.

For instance, out of the 19 FDA-approved apps included in the study, 84% were vulnerable to at least 2 of the OWASP Mobile Top 10 Risks.