Govt’s Covid-19 app sparks furore over security flaws

By Ramsha Jahangir for DAWN
Thursday, June 11, 2020

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The government’s Covid-19 Gov PK mobile application came under criticism for security flaws on Tuesday by a French security researcher.

An independent mobile app security test on web security website ImmuniWeb revealed that the app contained potentially sensitive hardcoded data. The app also uses an unencrypted database that can be accessed by an attacker with physical access to the mobile device or a malicious application with root access to the device. The app should not store sensitive information in clear text. Read Full Article