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Safeguard articles tagged "mobile-security" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.

53 articles

Open Source

react-native-video-processing: Status, Risks, and Alternatives

A security-minded look at react-native-video-processing: what the library does, its maintenance status, the native dependency risk, and what to use instead.

Jun 2, 20266 min read
AppSec

How to Provide Security in Android Apps: A Developer Checklist

How to provide security in Android apps: a developer checklist covering network config, storage, component exposure, WebViews, and the dependency layer most mobile teams skip.

May 20, 20266 min read
Open Source Security

react-native-encrypted-storage: A Practical Security Guide

What react-native-encrypted-storage does, how it wraps iOS Keychain and Android EncryptedSharedPreferences, its maintenance status, and how it compares to react-native-secure-storage.

May 19, 20266 min read
Open Source

react-native-version-check: Prompting App Updates the Safe Way

react-native-version-check compares the installed app version against the store listing so you can prompt users to update. Here is how to wire it up and its security tradeoffs.

May 19, 20266 min read
Open Source

react-native-vision-camera: A Security Guide to Camera Access

react-native-vision-camera is the go-to camera library for React Native. Here is how to handle permissions, frame data, and captured media without leaking user privacy.

May 18, 20265 min read
Open Source

react-native-fs: What to Know Before You Depend On It

react-native-fs gives React Native apps native filesystem access, but its maintenance status and the way you handle paths both carry real security weight.

May 18, 20265 min read
Open Source

Is react-native-gesture-handler Safe? An npm Security Review

react-native-gesture-handler is a core, actively maintained library, but any native module changes your app's trust and update calculus. Here is the security review.

May 17, 20264 min read
Security

MAST Security Testing: How Mobile App Security Testing Works

MAST security testing combines static, dynamic, and interactive analysis to find flaws in mobile apps before attackers do. Here's how each technique fits together.

May 14, 20266 min read
Open Source

react-native-inappbrowser-reborn: A Security Review of the In-App Browser Package

A practitioner's security look at react-native-inappbrowser-reborn: what it does, where the risk lives, and how to vet it and siblings like react-native-wifi-reborn.

May 11, 20266 min read
Open Source

@react-native-clipboard/clipboard: What to Know Before You Read the Clipboard

The @react-native-clipboard/clipboard package is the standard clipboard API for React Native. The security work is less about the package and more about what you copy and paste.

May 6, 20265 min read
Open Source

react-native-webview Security: Hardening WebViews in Mobile Apps

The react-native-webview component gives your app a browser inside the app, and that power is exactly why it needs careful configuration to avoid opening a hole in your mobile security.

May 2, 20265 min read
Open Source

react-native-app-auth: Secure OAuth and OpenID Connect for React Native

react-native-app-auth bridges the native AppAuth SDKs so your React Native app gets PKCE and RFC 8252 flows for free. Here is how to wire it up safely, including Azure AD.

May 2, 20265 min read

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