As the app frenzy that captivated consumers now blazes through the business world, it’s creating an unfortunate by-product: disconcerting security blunders and disasters. In their rush, many companies aren’t rigorously assessing the security of these Web and mobile apps, despite their multiple links to critical back-end systems and data. Bad actors are looking to exploit these security gaps and sneak in through the app door. When small companies ignore security, consequences can be disproportionately large. A bank found out only after scammers flooded its shareholders with phishing attacks.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/the-promise-peril-of-the-app-era