Some IT security attacks start from the most innocent mobile apps and in ways that let cyber-criminals simply pick up confidential communications without having to hack into anything at all.
While it may sound surprising, many mobile apps leak user data to anybody ready to receive it. While some free apps rely on being able to harvest and resell such user data, other paying apps, some of them from highly reputable brands, are simply careless about the user IDs, passwords, user profile information, and other information they ask for via mobile permissions. And even consumer user IDs and passwords can move hackers a step along to getting into business systems. Hereβs why.
The danger of leaky mobile apps may be indirect, but it is still very real.
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