Security risks and their prevention capabilities in mobile application development

rapidly growing number of Smartphone users. IT companies try to establish new standards of data management as well as create mobile applications extending the functionalities of existing systems to enable the users to benefit from the newest technological advances. The paper presents a review of the known mobile application vulnerabilities for the two most popular mobile platforms, Apple's iOS and Google's Android, and proposes the secure development model to overcome the existing threats faced by mobile application developers.