UK Government Brexit App Riddled with Security Issues

guest · Nov 15, 2019

UK Government Brexit App Riddled with Security Issues
November 15, 2019
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-government-brexit-app-riddled/

A Home Office app intended for EU citizens to apply for UK residency lacks basic security, potentially exposing the passport and biometric information of over one million users, according to experts.

Norwegian security firm Promon tested the EU Exit: ID Document Check application against common attack tools and tactics, and found it came up short in a number of areas.
First, it found the Android app lacks functionality to prevent malware reading and stealing sensitive user info.

“Attackers may modify or add malicious elements to the app, repackage and re-distribute the app, without the app noticing such changes or foreign elements,” Promon continued.
In addition, there are no protections against the app being used in a hostile environment like a rooted device, and it can’t detect if an attacker is using debugging tools in runtime.
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