Do you like football? Beware of APPs!

As football fever sweeps across Europe due to the 2016 UEFA European Championship, the SmartWire Labs Team at Wandera has been analyzing the mobile data traffic patterns across our network of enterprise customers in the European countries that make up this year’s tournament. By investigating the billions of daily data inputs that are scanned by our Secure Mobile Gateway, we’ve made some startling discoveries about data security and mobile phone usage in the lead up to and during the tournament (Research period 25 May to 24 June 2016).

MALICIOUS WEBSITES AND DATA LEAKS

With the tournament in full swing, users are becoming more active on their mobile devices, by exploring new content and being exposed to an increasing number of online ads. As a result of this spike in activity, SmartWire Labs discovered an increase in the number of malicious websites being accessed by smartphones. Worryingly, it seems that the host country has been actively targeted by hackers with 72% of malicious websites and 41% of exposed passwords being detected on smartphones in France.

During our research period, the number of data leaks observed by our research team increased. We predict this number will continue to rise as the tournament goes on as a result of more people travelling across Europe and using unfamiliar apps and websites to access match information. Our research suggests that data leaks will peak in late June towards the end of Euro 2016 before going back to normal levels in late July.

UEFA APP FOR FANS IS LEAKING DATA

One of the most startling discoveries by our researchers relates to the ‘UEFA EURO 2016 Fan Guide’ App. It’s one of the official UEFA mobile applications for Euro 2016, designed to provide practical tourist information for fans that are travelling to France for the tournament.

We have discovered that user credentials (including username, password, address and phone number) submitted to the online UEFA store website, are being transferred by both the iOS and Android versions of the app, over an insecure connection. The app itself has over 100,000 downloads on the google play store alone, and a very high rating. The implications of this are huge with potentially thousands of people having their personally identifiable information exposed and possibly stolen.

CONCLUSION

Overall, the increased data usage during the beginning of Euro 2016 will come as no surprise to anyone. The risks associated with this increase in traffic however have huge implications. With more people traveling across Europe, using unfamiliar websites and apps, as well as the shocking discovery that the official UEFA app is leaking data could all lead to serious security breaches with thousands of fans’ data being put at risk.

UEFA’S RESPONSE

Since SmartWire Labs exposed the treat UEFA have acknowledged the problem and fixed the issue. A UEFA spokesperson confirmed:

It is correct that there is an issue with the fan app, concerning a third party component in the myfanzone section, where the contact details of around 4,000 users (name, email and phone number) were not fully protected.

Within a few days UEFA made the following statement:

All security vulnerabilities have been solved. Data exchange between the mobile App and the server are now encrypted.

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Enterprise Mobile Device Management

Security & Application Management for your Mobile

Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) is the set of people, processes and technology focused on managing mobile devices, wireless networks, and other mobile computing services in a business context. EMM typically includes all of MDM Standard functions, but with the security services and additional tools create a more comprehensive solution.

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In addition we offer Wandera solution for the management and security of mobile devices. The solution enables deep integration with AirWatch.

The solutions provided are:

Workspace ONE
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Workspace ONE

Intelligence-driven digital workspace platform that delivers and manages any app on any device

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Deliver frictionless and secure access to all your business apps – mobile, desktop, SaaS, virtual. The apps include VMware Workspace ONE secure mobile productivity apps – catalog, email, calendar, contacts, web browser, notes, content and more.
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Workspace ONE UEM Key Highlights

Cloud-first, multitenant model to support and better control growing business requirements
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Secure Microsoft Office 365 with MAM and conditional access policies across all OS
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Enterprise-grade security fit for government agencies and regulated industries
Unified app catalog for one-touch, secure access to any app across any device
Robust API framework to support enterprise systems, services, identity, apps, content

VMware Carbon Black Cloud

Transform your security with intelligent endpoint and workload protection that adapts to your needs.

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Cloud native endpoint, workload, and container protection platform that combines the intelligent system hardening and behavioral prevention needed to keep emerging threats at bay, using a single, easy-to-use console. By analyzing more than 1 trillion security events per day, VMware Carbon Black Cloud proactively uncovers attackers’ behavior patterns and empowers defenders to detect and stop emerging attacks.

Modernize Your Endpoint Protection
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Attackers Bypass Traditional Endpoint Security
Most of today’s cyberattacks now encompass tactics such as lateral movement, island hopping and destructive attacks. Advanced hacking capabilities and services for sale on the dark web compound the issue. These realities pose a tremendous risk to targets with decentralized systems protecting high-value assets, including money, intellectual property, and state secrets.

Recognizing the Good, the Bad and the Gray
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