Five percent of the databases are vulnerable to threat actors: It’s a gold mine of exploit opportunity in thousands of mobile apps, researchers say. Thousands of mobile apps – some of which have been ...

After years and years of warnings not to leave crucial databases exposed online without authentication, it appears that many Firebase administrators have failed to understand the dangers of these ...

"To secure data properly, developers need to specifically implement user authentication on all database tables and rows, which rarely happens in practice," Appthority writes in the report. "Moreover, ...

Millions of passwords, GPS locations, and financial records are sitting unprotected in plain sight — and yours could be one of them. Researchers at Appthority, a mobile security firm, scanned both ...

Update, (07/04): Appthority has responded to our questions regarding apps with unsecured Firebase databases. It said users can only figure out if they’re affected by using corporate solutions, which ...

Cloud developers still aren't securing their databases, a new report claims, resulting in the exposure of private enterprise information stored in Firebase, Google's mobile back-end platform. Again, ...

Developers usually have problems when selecting the right database for their applications or website. There are various databases which can be integrated to applications or websites and the developer ...

It's been reported that nearly 24,000 applications on the Google Play Store have suffered data leaks and these applications are being compromised by accident due to Google Firebase being badly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Acquired by Google in 2014, Firebase is a mobile platform that ...