---
id: 8216
title: "Top 10 Critical Findings of 2014 – Thick Applications"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/thick-application-pentesting/top-10-critical-findings-of-2014-thick-applications/"
published_at: "2015-04-13T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["pentesting", "application-security", "thick-client", "credential-storage", "hardcoded-credentials"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8216"
lang: en
---

# Top 10 Critical Findings of 2014 – Thick Applications

## Summary

From a year of thick-client pentests, NetSPI ranks its top critical findings: cleartext and hardcoded credentials, embedded encryption keys, and two-tier designs exposing backend databases.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2015-04-13T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/thick-application-pentesting/top-10-critical-findings-of-2014-thick-applications/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8216