Hundreds of AI-powered iOS apps found exposing credentials (opens in new tab)

Mobile app developers are packing AI features into everything from writing assistants to productivity tools and lifestyle apps. New research shows that securing access to those services remains a challenge. LLM API credential leakage via network traffic interception (Source: Research paper) Researchers from Wake Forest University analyzed 444 iOS applications with LLM features and found 282 that exposed exploitable credentials or backend access mechanisms. The affected apps covered 13 categor...