Security News > 2017 > May > Vulnerability affecting 1,000+ apps is exposing terabytes of data (Help Net Security)

A newly discovered backend data exposure vulnerability, dubbed HospitalGown, highlights the connection between mobile apps and insecure backend databases. Appthority documented more than 1,000 apps with this vulnerability, and researched in detail 39 applications with big data leaks, which exposed an estimated 280 million records. These records were accessible as a result of weakly secured backends and did not require authentication of any kind to access the data. “HospitalGown poses a direct risk to enterprises, … More →

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