Hundreds of AI-enabled iOS Apps Reveal User Credentials

Hundreds of AI-enabled iOS apps disclose user credentials.

This is evidenced by research data from the American Wake Forest University. The main thing:

They analyzed 444 iOS applications with LLM (large language models) functions. 282 of them disclosed vulnerable credentials or internal access mechanisms.;

In 2025, the number of LLM-based app downloads reached 17 billion, accounting for 13% of all mobile app downloads.;

The problem affected various applications, from text assistants to productivity, fitness, and health improvement tools.;

The largest number of vulnerable applications are among performance enhancement programs. This is followed by entertainment and lifestyle apps.;

The health and fitness sector has the highest leakage rate among the categories reviewed.

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