As per recent studies, India sees an 845% jump in cyber attacks on mobile devices between October 2020 and March 2021. Another recent study states that 43% of Android apps have high-risk vulnerabilities, and 38% of iOS apps pose vulnerabilities. Over 74% of the Android apps have improper security mechanics, which increases the probability of security compromise of mobile apps.
If employees or customers access unsecured networks or Wi-Fi for using organization Mobile App, it can raise security concerns for your business ecosystem.
Recently, RBI has also issued guidelines for Regulated Entities (RE’s) to enhance the capability of their Mobile Apps to prevent unsecured Wi-Fi risks.
Here are a few security risks that your business might face because of the exposure:
1. Compromising sensitive data
The inconsistent security layers in a mobile application can be exploited easily by hackers once the user connects to an unsecured network from a remote location.
It can expose sensitive data like personal information, session IDs, credentials, and other important data sets that can harm the organization.
2. MiTM Attacks on Mobile Apps
A man in the middle (MiTM) attack initiates when an imposter tries to position himself Midway into a communication stream for hacking the crucial data.
The hacker uses various malicious techniques to access a secured communication channel. Therefore, organizations can end up sharing their most confidential information with an imposter if they don’t have a robust app protection tool.
3. Hackers can execute high-privilege actions
Once the hackers breach the mobile application security layers, they can bypass the authorization and might execute high-privilege actions that may result in a complete compromise of backend services, modification, or data theft.
It can give the hackers complete access to the secured areas and allow them to anonymously execute functionalities within the backend server or the mobile application.
But these high-level issues can be bypassed using a secure mobile application security solution.
How To Protect Mobile Apps From Unsecured Networks or Wi-Fi?
A robust mobile application security framework can protect your mobile apps from unsecured networks or Wi-Fi.Organizations must implement Runtime Application Self Protection (RASP), which strengthens both, android app security and iOS app security, and shields from unwanted intrusions.
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