Research Article
Vulnerability Analysis in Mobile Banking and Payment Applications on Android in African Countries
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-51051-0_12, author={Didier Bassol\^{e} and Gouayon Koala and Yaya Traor\^{e} and Oumarou Si\^{e}}, title={Vulnerability Analysis in Mobile Banking and Payment Applications on Android in African Countries}, proceedings={Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas. 4th EAI International Conference, InterSol 2020, Nairobi, Kenya, March 8-9, 2020, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={INTERSOL}, year={2020}, month={8}, keywords={Vulnerability Mobile banking Mobile payment Security Android applications}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-51051-0_12} }- Didier Bassolé
Gouayon Koala
Yaya Traoré
Oumarou Sié
Year: 2020
Vulnerability Analysis in Mobile Banking and Payment Applications on Android in African Countries
INTERSOL
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51051-0_12
Abstract
In this paper, we analyze vulnerability of some mobile banking and payment applications on Android platforms. This analysis aims at performing vulnerability assessments, facilitating an informed assessment of the information security and privacy risks that mobile banking and payment applications face in African countries, and creating awareness in the research and practice communities. We especially try to assess the risks of attacks related to privacy and data confidentiality by checking access permissions and code vulnerability of these applications. Another purpose of our work is to enable users, businesses and governments to take advantage of the opportunities offered by mobile banking and payment applications while minimising the information security risks to which they are exposed.
