appWatchdog: Improving mobile app security for consumers
Using forensics to improve data security and protect users. Read our findings from
objective analysis of various publicly available mobile apps.
Findings
| App | Platform | Category | Latest | Previous | appSecure | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIM | Android | Social Networking |  | VIEW > | ||
| AIM | iPhone | Social Networking | | VIEW > | ||
| Amazon Mobile | Android | Retail |  | VIEW > | ||
| Amazon Mobile | iPhone | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| Android Banking | Android | Finance |  | VIEW > | ||
| Android Mail (Exchange) | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Android Mail (Hotmail) | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| AprivaPay | Android | Finance | |  | VIEW > | |
| Bank Of America | Android | Finance | | | VIEW > | |
| Bank Of America | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Best Buy | Android | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| Best Buy | iPhone | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| Bump | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Bump | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Chase | Android | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Chase | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| CitiBank | Android | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| CitiBank | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Dropbox | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Dropbox | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| ebay | Android | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| ebay | iPhone | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| Android | Social Networking | | VIEW > | |||
| iPhone | Social Networking | | VIEW > | |||
| Fidelity Investments | Android | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Fidelity Investments | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Foursquare | Android | Social Networking | | VIEW > | ||
| Foursquare | iPhone | Social Networking | | VIEW > | ||
| Gamefly | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Gamefly | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Gmail | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Google Gmail App | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Google Wallet | Android | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Groupon | Android | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| Groupon | iPhone | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| HTC Mail (Exchange) | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Hushmail | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Hushmail | iPad | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| iPhone Mail (Exchange) | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| iPhone Mail (Gmail) | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| IRS2Go | Android | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| IRS2Go | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| K-9 Mail | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Kik | Android | Social Networking | | | VIEW > | |
| Kik | iPhone | Social Networking | | | VIEW > | |
| LA Times | Android | News | | VIEW > | ||
| LA Times | iPhone | News | | VIEW > | ||
| Android | Social Networking | | VIEW > | |||
| iPhone | Social Networking | | VIEW > | |||
| Mint | Android | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Mint | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| myATT | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| myATT | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Netflix | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Netflix | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Newegg | Android | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| Newegg | iPhone | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| NewsRob | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| NYTimes | Android | News | | VIEW > | ||
| NYTimes | iPhone | News | | VIEW > | ||
| Overstock.com | Android | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| Overstock.com | iPhone | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| PageOnce | Android | Finance | | | VIEW > | |
| PageOnce | iPhone | Finance | | | VIEW > | |
| PayPal | Android | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| PayPal | iPhone | Finance | | | VIEW > | |
| Skype | Android | Social Networking | | | VIEW > | |
| Skype | iPhone | Social Networking | | VIEW > | ||
| Square | Android | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Square | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Starbucks Card Mobile | iPhone | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| Starbucks Cards Manager UNOFFICIAL (evanthedev) | Android | Retail | | VIEW > | ||
| TD Ameritrade | Android | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| TD Ameritrade | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| The Wall Street Journal - Mobile | iPhone | News | | VIEW > | ||
| TigerText | Android | Social Networking | | VIEW > | ||
| TigerText | iPhone | Social Networking | | VIEW > | ||
| Android | Social Networking | | VIEW > | |||
| iPhone | Social Networking | | VIEW > | |||
| USA Today | Android | News | | VIEW > | ||
| USA Today | iPhone | News | | VIEW > | ||
| USAA | Android | Finance | | | VIEW > | |
| USAA | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Vanguard | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Wells Fargo | Android | Finance | | | VIEW > | |
| Wells Fargo | iPhone | Finance | | VIEW > | ||
| Wikinvest | Android | Finance | | | VIEW > | |
| Wikinvest | iPhone | Finance | | | VIEW > | |
| Windows Live Messenger (Hotmail) | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| WordPress | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| WordPress | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Yahoo! Mail | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Yahoo! Mail | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| Yahoo! Messenger | Android | Social Networking | | VIEW > | ||
| Yahoo! Messenger | iPhone | Social Networking | | VIEW > | ||
| YouTube | Android | Productivity | | VIEW > | ||
| YouTube | iPhone | Productivity | | VIEW > |
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Legend
FAIL: Sensitive data stored insecurely
WARN: App data stored unencrypted
PASS: No user or app data recovered
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