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Retailers Must Manage Mobile AppSec Risk to Grow

By Amy Schurr / May 31, 2023 / Comments Off on Retailers Must Manage Mobile AppSec Risk to Grow

Security and privacy vulnerabilities can compromise popular consumer brands.

Build Secure Mobile Apps with OWASP MASVS

By Tim Neighbors / May 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Build Secure Mobile Apps with OWASP MASVS

Mobile applications dominate digital traffic compared to web apps and accounted for nearly 143 billion downloads in 2022. As such, we need to treat mobile apps as a top priority and deliver high-quality user experiences.  Despite the world becoming increasingly mobile, mobile application security lags behind in the development process. All too often the rush […]

High-Tech Mobile Apps Expose Data

By NowSecure Marketing / March 29, 2023 / Comments Off on High-Tech Mobile Apps Expose Data

Security and privacy vulnerabilities in popular business software could spill corporate secrets.

mHealth Apps Diagnosed with Poor Security

By Amy Schurr / January 25, 2023 / Comments Off on mHealth Apps Diagnosed with Poor Security

Demystifying Mobile App Pen Testing

By Amy Schurr / December 14, 2022 / Comments Off on Demystifying Mobile App Pen Testing

Interest in mobile app pen testing grows as organizations recognize the importance of mitigating security and privacy risks. Less understood and more mysterious to many, though, is how to build the skills needed to conduct manual mobile application security testing. To shed light on the topic, NowSecure convened a virtual panel of its expert mobile […]

Mobile Banking & Finance Apps Fall Short on Security

By Amy Schurr / November 30, 2022 / Comments Off on Mobile Banking & Finance Apps Fall Short on Security

5 New Things to Know About OWASP Mobile Application Security

By Amy Schurr / November 16, 2022 / Comments Off on 5 New Things to Know About OWASP Mobile Application Security

A community of industry security experts collaborate to produce the most widely used global standards for mobile application security, the OWASP Mobile Application Security (MAS) Project. OWASP MAS enables mobile security and development teams to move faster and identify and remediate the most severe issues in their mobile applications.  “With the MASVS and MASTG refactoring, […]

What Is Mobile Application Security?

By Amy Schurr / May 11, 2022 / Comments Off on What Is Mobile Application Security?

Mobile application security refers to the practice of identifying, analyzing and managing the risk associated with mobile apps throughout the software development lifecycle. The discipline encompasses technologies and techniques designed to reduce the impact and likelihood of attackers stealing users’ passwords and sensitive data such as credit card payment information.  Continuous mobile application security testing […]

22 Popular Mobile App Security Testing Tools

By Amy Schurr / April 13, 2022 / Comments Off on 22 Popular Mobile App Security Testing Tools

Taking the perspective of an attacker and attempting to exploit mobile apps offers valuable insights into app security and privacy vulnerabilities. In fact, many organizations’ risk management programs require regular manual pen testing assessments of mobile apps to ensure they’re secure. Security analysts and pen testers rely on an arsenal of mobile app security testing […]

An App Development Leader’s Guide to Mobile Penetration Testing

By Amy Schurr / January 26, 2022 / Comments Off on An App Development Leader’s Guide to Mobile Penetration Testing

Hurrying to meet an aggressive deadline, your mobile application development team will soon complete major updates to the company’s flagship Android and iOS applications. The project progresses smoothly until you discover that one major obstacle stands in the way of on-time release: nobody remembered to line up mobile penetration testing to validate mobile application security.  […]