U.K., Oct. 13 -- A recent assessment of some of the most popular mobile healthcare apps has revealed serious security vulnerabilities across the board. Among them are Covid-tracking apps, of which 85 per cent were found to leak data.
Software firm Intertrust Technologies analysed 100 apps using testing based on the Open Web Application Security Project mobile app security guidelines.
Among the categories evaluated, telemedicine apps as well as health commerce apps were the most vulnerable when it came to high level security issues, a concern given the increased reliance on telemedicine since the pandemic began.
The assessment found that 71 per cent of tested medical apps have at least one high level security vulnerability - defined as...