Security Vulnerabilities on N26 Makes Poeple Rethink about Banking Apps’ Safety
Security vulnerabilities that could potentially allow hackers to hijack users accounts was found and fixed on N26 internet-only banking platform's mobile app. The internet-only banking platform, N26 was found to have few security issues that made its mobile application vulnerable to hijacking attempts. The security issues were discovered and reported by Vincent Haupert, a University of Erlangen-Nuernberg research fellow and Ph.D. student. Had it not been for Vincent, the issue might have gone unnoticed until someone decided to benefit from it. The report of such security issues on the N26....
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