Lawmakers and rival companies have said that Apple's control of the App Store allows the company to charge excessive fees to list apps or limit competitors to Apple services. Apple says it's for the sake of security.
The tech giant's new software security framework is a roadmap to help developers defend against common attacks at every link in the development and production chain.
The half-dozen flaws are found in all versions of the ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard prior to 2.2. It would take a low-skill level to exploit and could enable an attacker to gain access to credentials or impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application.
Many Android device OEMs may have offerings with similar flaws, any of which could provide an avenue in to home networks and even enterprise resources.
Today’s columnist, Randy Richard of Kaspersky, says that the broader universe of Android apps makes them vulnerable to attackers. Richard maintains that machine learning tools can detect and block these malicious apps.
