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  Mobile applications have become the new on-the-go touchpoints for users to browse the internet for information and execute various other activities. This has made mobile applications the new frontier for cybercriminals to let loose malicious codes and seek critical personal or business data. According to the Ponemon Institute, an IT firm dedicated to security-related research, about 59% of respondents reported an increase in malware attacks. Also, the mobile security report by Check Point Research unearthed the following statistics for 2021: l   97% of business enterprises or organizations faced threats from multiple attack vectors l   46% of enterprises had one employee download a malicious application l   40% of mobile devices globally are vulnerable to cyberattacks It is only by employing a multi-pronged approach to mobile testing that business enterprises can protect their critical data from cybercriminals. The focus areas for such enterprises ought to includ...

  The ubiquity of mobile applications has helped more people use the internet and spawned new enterprises to ride the digital wave that was unthinkable a decade ago. Think of any service you can access through your mobile device. So, whether you're booking an airline or train ticket, paying your utility bills, playing online games, buying merchandise, transferring money, engaging in social interactions, or booking a hotel room, your tiny device appears to have saturated the entire world. According to statistics, there are more internet-linked mobile devices in the world (7.94 billion) than people. However, not everything is hunky-dory in the world of mobile applications. When critical personal information is connected to some of these applications (read banking and financial apps), how can the prying eyes of cybercriminals be far away? According to www.digitalinformationworld.com, mobile networks are responsible for approximately 93 percent of malware attacks. In addition, accordin...