Hackers now target smartphone apps, say cyber experts at Cocon

KOCHI: With a major chunk of business moving from web-based platforms to Android and iOS-based applications, hackers have expanded their Area of Operation (AOP) to a new level. According to cybersecurity experts, hackers are now spending more time hacking android and iOS applications to decode data with the help of apps.

“If earlier web platforms were used for all sorts of business, now it has shifted to mobile-based applications. While comparing the mobile-based application, only a small portion of business is taking place through the web-based system. This might have forced hackers to shift their AOP to mobile applications. Since data is money, their main aim is to loot it and sell it to companies that require it,” Abhishek J M, a cybersecurity expert, told Express on the sidelines of a workshop held as part of Cocon 2019.