These included code hardening techniques such as name obfuscation, which hides identifiers in the application’s code to prevent hackers from reverse engineering and analyzing source code. Nearly all of the applications in the analysis fell short across basic application hardening techniques. Or they can create competitive third-party aggregators that weaken the brand and lead to a loss in revenue. Competitors can also exploit a lack of code hardening to execute business or technical denial of service attacks, making the mobile app difficult for customers to use. These security techniques protect the application against tampering or being copied and distributed by a malicious third party as fake apps. Most of the top 50 retail mobile applications analyzed in September 2020 did not apply sufficient code hardening and runtime application self-protection ( RASP) techniques. Retail mobile apps are missing basic security functionality However, according to a recent analysis, there are some alarming security concerns among some of the top 50 Android retail mobile apps. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.Driven by the pandemic, many consumers rely on mobile apps to buy everything from daily essentials to holiday gifts. The Android robot is reproduced or modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License. Microsoft and the Window logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of, Inc. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. Android, Google Chrome, Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google, LLC. Firefox is a trademark of Mozilla Foundation.
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