Check Point Research (CPR) found that in three months’ time, 2,113 mobile apps using the Firebase cloud-based database exposed data, “leaving victims unprotected and easily accessible for ...

Since Firebase Realtime Database receives data in, well, realtime, you’ll be able to view the device’s exact coordinates at any time, simply by logging into the Firebase Console.

Hundreds of sites misconfigured Firebase security rules, exposing a total of 125 million pieces of sensitive information This article, originally posted in Japanese on 19:30 May 04, 2024, may ...

An easy search of VirusTotal for open Firebase databases found more than 2,100 datastores used by mobile applications were left accessible by developers, exposing company bank balances, family ...

Avast said that it found over 19,300 Android apps exposing user data to the public due to a misconfiguration of the Firebase database. Firebase is a tool Android developers can use to store user data.

The Tea app has had a rough week. It’s not an unfamiliar story: Unsecured Firebase databases were left exposed to the Internet without any authentication. What makes this story particularly t… ...