More than 60 percent of Android apps have security-related flaws, they can threaten your security

More than 60 percent of Android apps have security-related flaws. These apps can prove to be dangerous for your safety. Not only this, it can increase the risk of your financial information leaking, privacy. This has been revealed according to the data gathered by the Atlas VPN team.

The report states that when a developer leaves a mistake in the application code, it poses a security risk. Criminals can take advantage of this.

According to data presented by the AtlasVPN team, 63 percent of Android applications were detected with security vulnerabilities in the first quarter of 2021, with an average of 39 security flaws per app. Gaming and financial apps were found to be most ptechnology

rone to security flaws. Security flaws were found in 88 percent of banking apps, 84 percent of budget apps and 80 percent of payment apps. Security-related flaws were also found in productivity apps (58 percent), educational apps (57 percent), tools for teachers (56 percent) and entertainment apps (55 percent). In the first quarter of 2021, 3,137 unique vulnerabilities were found, which appeared over 82,000 times across all Android apps. Productivity and banking apps are second and third in the list. They had 41 per cent and 39 per cent security flaws respectively.

In the past, ThreatLabs researchers said that in total, over 50 Joker payloads have been detected in Android apps in the past two and a half months, with the main apps being linked to your everyday life. In this, more targeting has been done through health, utility apps.