Android apps in the PlayStore are leaking their credentials and secrets

How many android applications on the play store are leaking their credentials and secrets! The answer comes from independent research conducted by Cybernews which shows nearly half of all applications on the Play Store are leaking secrets.

Vincentas Baubonis, a security researcher from CyberNews joined GitGuardian on a Webinar to detail some research they conducted exploring how android applications are leaking secrets.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:20 - Idea behind the research
1:44 - Research Scope and Outcome
2:25 - Results breakdown
3:26 - Outcome type of secrets
5:11 - App categories that leak the most
7:38 - Apps with open Firebase