Phone Apps Insecure!

It is becoming more clear to me that as we move into the mobile age, companies need to move to the next generation of identity security. Even the big brands are still burying their heads in the sand, majoring on what the password is its format etc rather than adding another factor to their security.

The world we live in today is fastly moving to mobile, ipads, tablets and phones are the way we all transact, the normal username/password credentials are just not enough to protect us. Yet apps and retailers still expect us to hang our 'assets' on the line when interacting with them. Only yesterday I read that the Starbucks app is insecure, why are they missing that necessary authentication layer.

Starbucks...
Mobile barcode scanning apps have come under fire recently. Earlier this month, security researchers found that the Starbucks iPhone app – which embeds a customer’s payment information in a picture of a barcode – can be hijacked in about 90 seconds. See Christian's Hesslers feature on Privacy Daily.


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