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  • Dozens of popular iPhone apps are still exposing your login details

    05/05/2017 1:56:08 PM PDT · by Swordmaker · 9 replies
    ZDNet ^ | May 4, 2017 | By Zack Whittaker
    Strafach, chief executive at Sudo Security Group (verify.ly), surveyed thousands of apps and found dozens that had badly implemented code that allowed the app to accept any certificate to establish an encrypted connection without properly validating it. That means a hacker within close range of a vulnerable device -- such as the same Wi-Fi network -- could trick the app into accepting a rogue certificate. The app doesn't know any better, and the hacker can steal your username and password.Strafach disclosed the names of dozens of low-risk apps, but held off on disclosing the banking and medical apps in...