We dedicated Chapter 9, Android Malware, to Android malware. We saw how a developer with malicious intent and basic Android programming knowledge can create malware for the Android platform. Malware is one of the most common choices for attackers for stealing data from users and also for performing other attacks, such as on Android devices.
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Overview of this book
With the mass explosion of Android mobile phones in the world, mobile devices have become an integral part of our everyday lives. Security of Android devices is a broad subject that should be part of our everyday lives to defend against ever-growing smartphone attacks. Everyone, starting with end users all the way up to developers and security professionals should care about android security.
Hacking Android is a step-by-step guide that will get you started with Android security. You’ll begin your journey at the absolute basics, and then will slowly gear up to the concepts of Android rooting, application security assessments, malware, infecting APK files, and fuzzing. On this journey you’ll get to grips with various tools and techniques that can be used in your everyday pentests. You’ll gain the skills necessary to perform Android application vulnerability assessment and penetration testing and will create an Android pentesting lab.
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Hacking Android
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Setting Up the Lab
Android Rooting
Fundamental Building Blocks of Android Apps
Overview of Attacking Android Apps
Data Storage and Its Security
Server-Side Attacks
Client-Side Attacks – Static Analysis Techniques
Client-Side Attacks – Dynamic Analysis Techniques
Android Malware
Attacks on Android Devices
Index
Customer Reviews