Projects/OWASP Mobile Security Project - Top Ten Mobile Risks

About this list

In 2013, we polled the industry for new vulnerability statistics in the field of mobile applications. What you see here is a result of that data and a representation of the mobile application threat landscape.

Our goals for the 2014 list included the following:

• Updates to the wiki content; including cross-linking to testing guides, more visual exercises, etc;
• Generation of more data; and
• A PDF release.

This list has been finalized after a 90-day feedback period from the community. Based on feedback, we intend on releasing a Mobile Top Ten 2015 list following a similar approach of collecting data, grouping the data in logical and consistent ways.

Feel free to visit the mailing list as well!

2015 Mobile Top Ten Analysis Results

Are you interested in what the data collection for the 2015 list looks like? Check out the final synthesis... Synthesis Document

Here is the original raw data: Dropbox Data

Top 10 Mobile Risks - Final List 2014

• M1: Weak Server Side Controls
• M2: Insecure Data Storage
• M3: Insufficient Transport Layer Protection
• M4: Unintended Data Leakage
• M5: Poor Authorization and Authentication
• M6: Broken Cryptography
• M7: Client Side Injection
• M8: Security Decisions Via Untrusted Inputs
• M9: Improper Session Handling
• M10: Lack of Binary Protections

Project Leads, Credit, and Contributions

• Mobile Top Ten Contributions Page

Project Methodology

• We adhered loosely to the OWASP Web Top Ten Project methodology.

Archive

• The list below is the OLD release candidate v1.0 of the OWASP Top 10 Mobile Risks.  This list was initially released on September 23, 2011 at Appsec USA.  
  • The original presentation can be found here: SLIDES
    
  • The corresponding video can be found here: VIDEO
  • 2011-12 Mobile Top Ten for archive purposes