Developers are experts in spinning wonderfully-shiny, horribly-insecure apps, according to research from Aspect Security.
Social media meeting buttons and go-live dates rate far higher with app developers than the need to ensure the security of private data.
Worse, devs couldn't secure apps if they wanted to, according to the company's year-long study.
The majority of some 1,400 random devs from 700 businesses flunked a set of multiple-choice application security tests covering 53 topics, obtaining a 60 per cent mark and a "D" rating.
The most terrible carnage was found in the protection of sensitive data, which 80 per cent of developers flunked.
The Register/ full article here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/app_devs_suck_at_security_says_trainer/
