mHealth apps consistently expose PII and PHI through APIs

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All of the 30 popular mHealth apps that were tested are vulnerable to API attacks that can allow unauthorized access to full patient records including protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII), Approov reveals. The study underscores the API shielding actions now urgently required to protect mHealth apps from API abuse. The Knight Ink vulnerability research study details findings, and also notes that the results are particularly worrisome given the increased reliance on … More

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