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Mobile Device Exploitation Cookbook

By : Akshay Dixit
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Mobile Device Exploitation Cookbook

By: Akshay Dixit

Overview of this book

Mobile attacks are on the rise. We are adapting ourselves to new and improved smartphones, gadgets, and their accessories, and with this network of smart things, come bigger risks. Threat exposure increases and the possibility of data losses increase. Exploitations of mobile devices are significant sources of such attacks. Mobile devices come with different platforms, such as Android and iOS. Each platform has its own feature-set, programming language, and a different set of tools. This means that each platform has different exploitation tricks, different malware, and requires a unique approach in regards to forensics or penetration testing. Device exploitation is a broad subject which is widely discussed, equally explored by both Whitehats and Blackhats. This cookbook recipes take you through a wide variety of exploitation techniques across popular mobile platforms. The journey starts with an introduction to basic exploits on mobile platforms and reverse engineering for Android and iOS platforms. Setup and use Android and iOS SDKs and the Pentesting environment. Understand more about basic malware attacks and learn how the malware are coded. Further, perform security testing of Android and iOS applications and audit mobile applications via static and dynamic analysis. Moving further, you'll get introduced to mobile device forensics. Attack mobile application traffic and overcome SSL, before moving on to penetration testing and exploitation. The book concludes with the basics of platforms and exploit tricks on BlackBerry and Windows Phone. By the end of the book, you will be able to use variety of exploitation techniques across popular mobile platforms with stress on Android and iOS.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
Mobile Device Exploitation Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
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Preface

Finding vulnerabilities in WAP-based mobile apps


WAP-based mobile applications are mobile applications or websites that run on mobile browsers. Most organizations create a lightweight version of their complex websites to be able to run easily and appropriately in mobile browsers. For example, a hypothetical company called ABCXYZ may have their main website at www.abcxyz.com, while their mobile website takes the form m.abcxyz.com. Note that the mobile website (or WAP apps) are separate from their installable application form, such as .apk on Android.

Since mobile websites run on browsers, it is very logical to say that most of the vulnerabilities applicable to web applications are applicable to WAP apps as well. However, there are caveats to this. Exploitability and risk ratings may not be the same. Moreover, not all attacks may be directly applied or conducted.

Getting ready

For this recipe, make sure to be ready with the following set of tools (in the case of Android):

  • ADB

  • WinSCP

  • Putty

  • Rooted...