Best Practices
Editor’s Note: Keeping up with ever-changing low-level operating system internals is no small task, especially when it comes to the iOS dyld cache, a key element that underpins how iOS apps interact with the OS layer. This post, by Francesco Tamagni, focuses on leveraging foundational pieces of radare2 to read and interpret the formats critical […]
New U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations for cybersecurity disclosures will reshape how companies report on risk management strategies and disclose and manage security incidents. Changes to the federal government agency’s reporting requirements took effect in December 2023. Experts expect the mandatory enhanced cybersecurity disclosures to compel companies to enhance proactive protection measures to […]
You have legal obligations to secure customer and enterprise data which includes your suppliers. What assurances do you have that they are secure? Businesses entrust their data to an ever-expanding number of suppliers, including technology and Software as a Service (SaaS) providers. The days when most companies strongly favored self-hosted solutions are gone, with the […]
Mobile health (mHealth) apps revolutionize healthcare delivery and transform patient outcomes. mHealth apps empower patients to better manage their health by providing personalized monitoring, tracking and therapeutic support, all from the convenience of their mobile apps. Buoyed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of remote patient monitoring, there are now more than 350,000 health […]
Mobile app development teams often struggle to ship high-quality software on time and on budget. Developers face the pressure of accelerated release cycles, revenue demands, bug fixes, security breaches and compliance and regulatory requirements. Given an intense focus on developer efficiency and user experience, it’s inevitable that security and privacy issues can creep into their […]
The beginning of 2024 saw approximately 3.4 million apps available for download from the Google Play Store, and around 1.9 million apps available in the Apple App Store. That total continues to grow and more than 52,000 new apps were added to Google Play in February alone. Mobile app developers strive to rapidly introduce new […]
Whether you’re building a mobile app from scratch or evaluating an existing app, developers will find debugging an essential skill to master. Debugging is the process of identifying and resolving errors in software systems and mobile apps. Most Integrated Development Environments (IDE) come with built-in debugging tools that enable a developer to review the inner […]
Many organizations have embraced mobile DevSecOps by integrating automated mobile application security throughout the software development lifecycle. Baking security into the development process reduces risk, cuts costs and accelerates delivery of secure, high-quality mobile apps. A policy-based approach enables stakeholders to define and operationalize policy rules to meet internal, industry, app store and other requirements […]
Research projects that the mobile app security market will grow by USD 16.68 billion from 2021 to 2026. And as the number of mobile apps continue to grow, so too does the importance of mobile app security for security analysts and developers. Because the market shows no signs of slowing down, industry professionals would do […]
The consequences of a mobile application security issue can be detrimental, and mobile teams must prepare for everything from third-party bugs to cloud security issues and beyond. However, NowSecure MobileRiskTracker data finds that a shocking 85% mobile apps found in the Apple App Store and Google Play contain security and privacy issues.A recent webinar with […]