7 characteristics of a secure mobile app

Computerworld Security: Issues and Trends: September 25, 2013
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7 characteristics of a secure mobile app

When it comes to building secure mobile applications, errors most often occur in
session management. By themselves, these mistakes do not present a significant
risk, but the more mistakes made, the more vulnerable the application. And
therein lies the problem: There are usually several of these errors in any given
app.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Chrome will block NPAPI plug-ins over stability, security concerns
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2. Java exploits seen as huge menace so far this year
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3. Security researchers create undetectable hardware trojans
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4. Hacking courses offer cybercrooks tips on how to hone skills
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5. Kenneth van Wyk: High hopes for iPhone's Touch ID
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6. German hackers say old technique can beat Apple's Touch ID
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7. Experts praise Pentagon's march to security standards
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8. Energy Department spends $30M to bolster utility cybersecurity tools
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Chrome will block NPAPI plug-ins over stability, security concerns

Plug-ins based on the NPAPI architecture will be blocked by default in Chrome
starting early next year as Google moves toward completely removing support for
them in the browser.
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Java exploits seen as huge menace so far this year

Java was the most targeted development platform for exploit attacks during the
first half of the year, and attacks have increasingly shifted to zero-day
vulnerabilities, according to F-Secure's new threat report.
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Security researchers create undetectable hardware trojans

Security researchers from the U.S. and Europe released a paper showing how
integrated circuits used in computers, military equipment and other critical
systems can be maliciously compromised during the manufacturing process through
virtually undetectable changes at the transistor level.
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Hacking courses offer cybercrooks tips on how to hone skills

A growing number of experienced hackers have begun offering structured hacking
courses for crooks seeking to make a career in cybercrime.
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Kenneth van Wyk: High hopes for iPhone's Touch ID

The iPhone 5S is the first smartphone with fingerprint authentication. It's not
perfect, but it could herald a new emphasis on security for mobile devices.
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German hackers say old technique can beat Apple's Touch ID

Apple's Touch ID authentication system can be defeated using a well-honed
technique for creating a latex copy of someone's fingerprint, according to a
German hacking group.
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Experts praise Pentagon's march to security standards

The Pentagon's decision to move its thousands of networks under a single
security architecture is the right strategy to bolster defenses against hackers
and malicious insiders, experts say.
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Energy Department spends $30M to bolster utility cybersecurity tools

The Department of Energy today awarded $30 million to a 11 security vendors to
develop technology the agency says will better protect the nation's electric
grid, oil and gas infrastructure from cyber-attack.
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