The Verizon Mobile Security Index 2021 found that 76% of respondents experienced pressure to sacrifice mobile security for expediency. Nearly all the apps we see can be compromised within 15 minutes. Hackers use open source, freely available disassemblers, decompilers, and debuggers to reverse engineer mobile apps and understand the source code. Lack of encryption makes it difficult for attackers to understand an app’s source code and control flows. The third major security gap is lack of data protection, and some apps use weak or insufficient encryption.”]

