Car Sharing Apps Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks: Kaspersky

guest · Jul 25, 2018

Car Sharing Apps Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks: Kaspersky
July 25, 2018
https://www.securityweek.com/car-sharing-apps-vulnerable-hacker-attacks-kaspersky

The security firm’s employees have investigated a total of 13 car sharing apps for Android. The targeted applications are used in the U.S., Europe and Russia, and they have been downloaded more than 1 million times from Google Play.

Car sharing applications can be a tempting target for malicious actors for several reasons. They could hijack the legitimate user’s account in order to drive cars without actually paying for them, steal vehicles for their parts or to commit crimes, track users’ locations, and obtain the account holder’s personal information.

Researchers also noticed that while the applications use HTTPS for communications with the server, they all fail to check the server’s certificate, making it easier to launch man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks and intercept potentially sensitive data.

“Our research concluded that, in their current state, applications for car sharing services are not ready to withstand malware attacks,” explained Victor Chebyshev, security expert at Kaspersky Lab.
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