A analysis των συναλλαγών που προέρχονται από τις συσκευές που προστατεύονται από προϊόντα ασφάλειας της εταιρείας Zscaler αποκαλύπτει ότι οι iOS εφαρμογές διαρρέουν τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες των χρηστών σε περισσότερες περιπτώσεις από ό, τι εφαρμογές του Android.
The result of this study shows that the generally accepted theory that iOS wants to be safer than Android does not necessarily apply to applications running on these two platforms.
According to data gathered in the last quarter, Zscaler reports that it identified about 200.000 transactions out of a total of 45 million where an app was leaked data of the user.
The type of information leaked includes personally identifiable information (PII) ie its number mobile και διευθύνσεις ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου, δεδομένα γεωγραφικής θέσης (συντεταγμένες γεωγραφικού μήκους και πλάτους), και μεταδεδομένα device(IMEI, MAC, IMSI numbers, Network, OS, SIM card details and manufacturer).
The highest rate of leaks was observed from iOS applications. Zscaler reports that it tracked 26 million transactions from iOS devices and their applications, of which 0,5 percent leaked user data, for a total of 130.000 businesses.
The vast majority of leaked data, 72,3 per cent, was related to information about the user's device. In addition, 27,5% of transactions were leaked by geo-location coordinates, while only 0,2% of the applications leaked PII or personally identifiable information data.
70 percent of all transactions that leaked personal user data came from iOS devices in China, and 20 percent in devices in South Africa. The United States, Britain and the Republic of Ireland occupy the next positions of the top 5.
With regard to Android apps, Zscaler reports that 20 watched millions of transactions and leaked them from 0.3% user data, or about 60.000 transactions.
Of these, 58% was device metadata, 39,3% geo-location information, and 3% leaked sensitive PII or personally identifiable information.
Most of the leaks occurred from Android devices in the US (55%), United Kingdom (16%) and China (12%).
