NICT warns of attacks targeting servers behind apps
Published October 13.
IllustrationNICT's threat-analysis team disclosed on October 13 a method it calls A2B attacks: analysing public Android apps to investigate and target their backend servers.
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Published October 13.
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NICT's threat-analysis team disclosed on October 13 a method it calls A2B attacks: analysing public Android apps to investigate and target their backend servers.
Even without app vulnerabilities, weak server authentication or permission checks can expose information. NICT urged backend checks and said similar problems can affect iOS and web services.
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- 情報通信研究機構（NICT） ↗Source publication date: 2026-10-13
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