21.12.2012 00:35 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Simple app shares SSL vulnerability with other banking sites, sends personal data on login

Just this past May, Simple Finance launched its iOS app -- also called Simple -- to help budget-minded iPhone users manage their spending. The app is rather powerful and, given that it has access to your various payment methods, it stores plenty of sensitive personal data including your bank account information. Unfortunately, Nick Arnott of Neglected Potential has discovered that the app doesn't do as much as it could to protect personal data. After poking around the guts of the app, Arnott noted a troubling SSL security hole. The good news is that the app uses encryption to s

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