Mobile Apps for iOS were not quite so, and safe as it seems. Company Veracode investigated about 400,000 programs in the App Store and Google Play and found that several thousand of that number represent a serious threat to users. The study involved the application of the various spheres of economics, finance, social networking and more.
In a large study Veracode found that about 14,000 programs are suspicious activity. At the same time, they are used by experts of leading corporations that causes fear for the safety of corporate data.
Of the total number of questionable programs 85% can not provide adequate security of user data. If you use this software there is a danger for information on the whereabouts of the owner of the device, as well as the history of his calls, correspondences, contacts, SMS-messages, the device ID.
37% of those "dangerous" applications have been seen in the commission of suspicious transactions. They ask an administrator to further disable security systems, telephone calls, set their own foreign program on the device. In addition, they can accurately determine whether the original operating system is installed and whether there is a jailbreak. These applications represent a danger to the data in the cache, which can enter passwords, including by mail, banking services, electronic purses.
35% of questionable software collects the user's personal data from calendar scheduling to stories Ticket. The data is then transmitted to third parties that make up the social portrait of a man reveal his business relationship or looking for incriminating evidence.
As noted by Chris Visopal, CTO Veracode, the first type of suspicious programs created unintentionally, because developers use substandard libraries or frameworks. But the second is specifically designed to spy on users.