Mobile App Security, Measured: How ThreatMon Scores iOS & Android Apps

Mobile applications are now central to nearly every aspect of modern life. From online banking and healthcare services to e-commerce and entertainment, businesses and consumers depend on them daily. But with this reliance comes exposure to unseen risks.

What many organizations overlook is that mobile apps, whether built in-house or downloaded from trusted app stores, can harbor serious vulnerabilities. These flaws are often hidden behind polished user interfaces and can quietly undermine data security, user privacy, and regulatory compliance. For attackers, mobile apps are one of the easiest and most scalable gateways into corporate and personal environments.

The Growing Risks of Mobile Apps

Recent research highlights just how widespread and pressing mobile security issues have become.

In 2024, more than 75 percent of mobile applications were found to contain at least one security vulnerability, with many flaws remaining unpatched and fueling significant data breaches.
Among enterprise-grade apps, 43 percent suffer from cryptographic weaknesses such as hardcoded encryption keys or outdated protocols, leaving sensitive information open to interception.
Large-scale assessments covering more than half a million apps further revealed troubling supply chain weaknesses: nearly 20 percent contained hardcoded keys, almost 17 percent used components with known vulnerabilities, and close to two-thirds relied on weak or broken encryption standards.

These vulnerabilities are not theoretical. They translate directly into risks such as data leakage, unauthorized communications with servers in sanctioned or high-risk countries, or the embedding of privacy trackers that silently collect user information. The sheer scale of these problems underscores the need for automated, intelligent, and reliable tools that can measure and explain mobile app security posture instantly.

Introducing ThreatMon Mobile App Score

ThreatMon has built Mobile App Score to meet this challenge. It is designed to help organizations cut through complexity, replacing guesswork with clarity and speed. By combining automated analysis with clear reporting, Mobile App Score allows both technical and non-technical teams to quickly understand how secure an app really is.

Instant Scoring

With Mobile App Score, evaluating an iOS or Android app takes seconds. Upload or select the application and receive an easy-to-understand grade from A to F. This simple scoring system provides a first-glance view of security health without requiring manual testing or lengthy reviews.

Detailed Findings

The score is just the beginning. Each assessment is backed by a breakdown of findings across categories that matter most. These include critical misconfigurations that could cause data leakage, hotspot domains linked to high-risk or sanctioned regions, embedded trackers that compromise user privacy, and positive indicators such as strong configurations or the absence of risky connections.

Contextual Explanations

Every finding includes explanations and remediation guidance. This ensures security teams know not only what was detected but also why it matters and how to address it. By transforming technical analysis into clear insights, Mobile App Score bridges the gap between engineers, decision-makers, and compliance stakeholders.

Audit-Ready Reports

With one click, generate polished PDF reports. These are suitable for compliance reviews, executive briefings, and collaboration with developers. Instead of raw data or incomplete logs, teams receive structured, professional documentation that supports both internal workflows and external reporting.

Who Benefits from Mobile App Score

Mobile App Score delivers value across the full spectrum of stakeholders involved in mobile security. Developers benefit by identifying and addressing risky configurations before an app is ever released to the public. This reduces costly rework and protects brand reputation. Security operations teams gain an efficient way to monitor both internally developed and third-party apps, ensuring they can detect risky communications or hidden trackers before these lead to incidents. Compliance officers finally have a tool that produces audit-ready documentation in seconds, enabling them to meet regulatory requirements with confidence and clarity. Together, these benefits make Mobile App Score a versatile solution that strengthens security practices across the board.

From Risk to Clarity

With mobile applications playing such a vital role in daily business, ignoring mobile security is no longer an option. Traditional manual reviews are too slow, inconsistent, and prone to oversight. ThreatMon’s Mobile App Score changes the equation by offering a system that is fast, reliable, and tailored to the realities of modern mobile risk.

It empowers organizations to measure app security with a trusted, instant grade, understand the risks with detailed findings and contextual explanations, and act decisively with remediation guidance and exportable reports.

The result is clarity instead of uncertainty, preparedness instead of reaction.

A+ or F? How secure is your mobile app?