Android has more malware, but iOS apps pose greater risk of leaking user data, says study

Most people believe that Android is a more vulnerable platform from a security point of view, and they would be right. Based on a study of the top apps on iOS and Android, Appthority says that more top apps on Apple’s platform are likely to leak your personal information to others. Appthority says it analysed 400 apps - the top 100 free and top 100 paid - for iOS and Android for risky behaviours and found that most leaked users’ personal data. A massive 91 percent of the top iOS apps posed a risk of data theft, while the corresponding figure for Android was 83 percent. Apple says developers must not request a UDID to track users, Appthority says, “However, 26% of top iOS apps still make requests for UDID, and on any device that is running an older OS than iOS7, the apps are still able to get the UDID directly from the device,” Domingo Guerra, cofounder and president of Appthority.