Citywire – Some of the UK’s most popular trading platforms have ‘major vulnerabilities’ to data theft and the sector generally lags far behind the banks in terms of user security, researchers have warned.
Security consultant IOActive came to the conclusion after reviewing 16 desktop apps, 34 mobile apps and 30 websites over the course of more than a year’s research. While the house focused on the most popular US platforms, many offer sister apps in the UK Google Play store.