Mobile app security vs web app security: what really differs
Mobile and web apps share server-side risks but differ on where code runs, how data is stored, how updates reach users and what the user controls.
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Mobile and web apps share server-side risks but differ on where code runs, how data is stored, how updates reach users and what the user controls.
Use the eight OWASP MASVS control groups as a review checklist for a mobile game: storage, crypto, auth, network, platform, code, resilience, privacy.
A mobile app runs on a device the user controls, so any check inside it can be bypassed. What to enforce on the server and what app checks are for.
A one-page pre-release checklist for iOS and Android apps, organized by the OWASP MASVS groups, covering storage, network, auth, code and privacy.
Eight checks before submitting a mobile app: signing keys, embedded secrets, local storage, transport, permissions, SDKs, debug flags and update plan.
Mobile apps often leak sensitive data by accident through backups, logs, caches and screenshots. A checklist for the leaks MASVS-STORAGE-2 targets.
Both are NIST signature standards from August 2024. A decision guide on lattice versus hash-based signatures for code signing, firmware and documents.
Browsers upgrade some insecure sub-requests on HTTPS pages and block the rest. Which resource types fall in each group, and how to fix mixed content.
ATT&CK names attacker behavior as tactics (why), techniques (how) and sub-techniques (more specific how). See how to read it and how defenders use it.
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