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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
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Other application-based attacks in mobile devices


When we talk about application-based attacks, OWASP TOP 10 risks are the very first things that strike. OWASP ( www.owasp.org ) has a dedicated project to mobile security, which releases Mobile Top 10.

OWASP gathers data from industry experts and ranks the top 10 risks every three years. It is a very good knowledge base for mobile application security. Here is the latest Mobile Top 10 released in the year 2014:

  • M1: Weak Server Side Controls

  • M2: Insecure Data Storage

  • M3: Insufficient Transport Layer Protection

  • M4: Unintended Data Leakage

  • M5: Poor Authorization and Authentication

  • M6: Broken Cryptography

  • M7: Client Side Injection

  • M8: Security Decisions via Untrusted Inputs

  • M9: Improper Session Handling

  • M10: Lack of Binary Protections

Getting ready

Have a few applications ready to be analyzed, use the same set of tools we have been discussing till now, and refer to the  Setting up the Android pentesting environment and Setting up the iOS pentesting environment...