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More apps and websites leak credit card data on enterprise handsets

  • April 22, 2016
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By Anthony Spadafora
 


 
In its latest quarterly Mobile Data Report, Wandera has revealed a significant rise in apps leaking credit card data on enterprise mobile devices.
The company, which specializes in mobile data security and management, compiled the report by analyzing the data usage trends and traffic patterns across its global network of enterprise mobile devices. Between Q4 2015 and Q1 2016, there has been a 17 percent increase in apps and mobile websites leaking credit card data.
 The CardCrypt security flaw that was discovered in December of 2015 has played a large roll in the amount of credit card data that has been leaked. The security flaw affected 16 global companies’ mobile websites and apps which turned out to be transmitting users’ credit card details and even the passport information of some users.
 
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Baldrick
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  • April 22, 2016
I sometimes wonder as to whether there is much checking and/or validation of this sort of thing; you know, using ethical hackes to attempt to defeat/breach the security of these devices...there must be some...surely, but perhaps not enough?:(