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Learning iOS Security

Learning iOS Security

By : Allister Banks
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Learning iOS Security

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By: Allister Banks
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Overview of this book

This book is intended for mobile security professionals who want to learn how to secure iOS operating systems and its applications. Any knowledge of iOS architecture would be an added advantage.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. iOS Security Overview
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1. iOS Security Overview
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Pairing
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Backing up your device
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Initial security checklist
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Safari and built-in App protections
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Predictive search and spotlight
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Summary
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2. Introducing App Security
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2. Introducing App Security
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Installing apps
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Single App mode, App Lock, and Guided Access
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App communication
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Keybags and keychains
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Keyboards and extensions
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Sandboxing and App data storage
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Introduction to in-house App development
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Summary
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3. Encrypting Devices
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3. Encrypting Devices
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Secure boot and activating iOS
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Passbook and Touch ID for Apple Pay
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Privacy-related concerns
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Configuration profiles
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Summary
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4. Organizational Controls
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4. Organizational Controls
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Apple Configurator
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Activation Lock and Find My iPhone
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ActiveSync
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5. Mobile Device Management
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5. Mobile Device Management
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Introducing MDM
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Configurator versus MDM
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The Profile Manager
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Introducing Bushel
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Summary
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6. Debugging and Conclusion
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6. Debugging and Conclusion
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Xcode
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Dive deeper with libimobiledevice
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App communications
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Apple IDs and Apps
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Forensics
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Application security
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Viewing an App
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Summary
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Index
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Index

Activation Lock and Find My iPhone

A boon for theft prevention (or a bust for the iOS device resale market), is the implementation of a new feature, as of iOS 7, by Apple called Activation Lock, which is an extension of iCloud's previous Find My iPhone feature. If you had an iCloud account configured with the setting on an iOS 7 device and it needed to be reactivated from scratch after a restore, the process would not have been able to proceed until that account's password was entered. This was felt to be a burden and a management headache for those who lent out devices regularly, but by some municipality's statistics, this alone reduced theft of iOS devices as they became practically useless.

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The citation for the claim that thefts (and the iPhone resale market) are impacted by this feature can be found at http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/06/ios-7-activation-lock-cutting-iphone-theft-damages-resale-market/.

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