MASWE-0013: Hardcoded Cryptographic Keys in Use

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Initial Description or Hints

One thing is to include hardcoded keys in the code, another is to use them.

Relevant Topics

• hardcoded keys used at runtime

References

• https://developer.android.com/topic/security/risks/hardcoded-cryptographic-secrets

MASTG v1 Coverage

• MASTG-TEST-0062 - Testing Key Management (ios)
• MASTG-TEST-0013 - Testing Symmetric Cryptography (android)