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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

Setting up the Blackberry development environment and simulator


To start learning any new mobile platform, you should follow the mentioned sequence:

  • Learn to setup the Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

  • Learn programming language and to code apps

  • Learn the simulators and emulators to debug the apps

  • Setup the pentest environment

  • Learn pentesting aspects in the (current) mobile platform

Download the Momentics IDE for Blackberry (BB). Install it and setup the IDE. It can connect to both Blackberry Phones and Blackberry Simulators.

Here onwards we focus on Blackberry Simulators.

Getting ready

Download the Blackberry Device 10 Simulator. We have used Windows OS for the same. The corresponding Simulator can be downloaded from: http://developer.blackberry.com/develop/simulator/simulator_installing.html

How to do it...

  1. Run the installer file; it will guide you through the installation steps. Once the installation completes, you get a screen as follows:

  2. Next, locate and run runBB10Simulator.bat file...