iOS app developers take shortcuts on security

Despite Apple mandating developers to build end-to-end encryption into their apps, a high number of apps don't comply, according to a new report. The study from mobile security company Wandera analyzed more than 30,000 of the iOS apps most commonly used by employees and found that more than two-thirds of apps don't enable App Transport Security (ATS). ATS is a networking security feature offered by Apple to help developers comply with data privacy requirements to encrypt data. According to the report 67.8 percent of apps disable ATS globally and don't set any granular exceptions for specific functions. A large percentage… [Continue Reading]