An empirical assessment of security risks of global Android banking apps
Sen Chen, Lingling Fan, Guozhu Meng, Ting Su, Minhui Xue, Yinxing Xue, Yang Liu, Lihua Xu
Abstract
Mobile banking apps, belonging to the most security-critical app category, render massive and dynamic transactions susceptible to security risks. Given huge potential financial loss caused by vulnerabilities, existing research lacks a comprehensive empirical study on the security risks of global banking apps to provide useful insights and improve the security of banking apps.
Topics & Concepts
Mobile bankingAndroid (operating system)Computer securityEmpirical researchInternet privacyComputer scienceBusinessMobile appsWorld Wide WebOperating systemPhilosophyEpistemologyAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesSoftware Testing and Debugging TechniquesNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection