Application data at rest: With the introduction of mobile applications, the concept of storing data at the client side has been drastically adopted. Many mobile applications store sensitive data on the device without any encryption. This is one of the major problems of mobile applications. This data can be sensitive, confidential, and private. Data that rests on the device can be exploited in many different ways. An attacker who has got physical access to the device can gain access to this data almost without doing anything. A malicious application may gain access to this data if the device is rooted/jailbroken. It is important to make sure that apps do not store sensitive data such as usernames, passwords, authentication tokens, credit card numbers, and so on, on the device. If it cannot be avoided, it is required to encrypt it and keep it away from an attacker's control. We will explore more details about insecure data storage vulnerabilities in Chapter 5, Data...
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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