Android role-playing game Guidus leaks data of 100,000 users: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Android role-playing game Guidus leaks data of 100,000 users: Report

The Hindu  

A popular Android mobile role-playing game, Guidus, leaked data of some 100,000 users, according to a report by Cybernews. The leak includes user game progress, which could lead to attackers deleting the data causing users to lose their progress without the ability to recover it. Developers of the app had also left keys hardcoded into the user side which could allow cybercriminals to access sensitive data which could be used to target victims, the report shared. Researchers at Cybernews also analysed over 33,000 Android apps and discovered that over 14,000 apps had Firebase URLs on their end with over 600 with links to open Firebase instances which could lead to cybercriminals gaining access to sensitive information by examining the public information of an app.

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