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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 pentesting environment


Once you are familiar with Blackberry as a platform, simulators, and/or phone, get into the mood of penetration testing. Penetration testing for mobile application, can be broadly classified under four categories:

  • Mobile application traffic related attacks

  • Mobile device storage-related attacks

  • Mobile application source code-related attacks

  • Attacks involving mobile OS features used by mobile applications

A lab for pentesting should be well equipped with basic necessities to cater for the preceding four categorical needs.

Getting ready

We have to set up a lab for Blackberry pentesting. To get going, we need the following:

  • Blackberry IDE

  • Blackberry phones

  • Blackberry simulators

  • Proxy tools such as Charles, Burp Suite, and Fiddler

  • A Wi-Fi network

  • Blackberry backup tools

  • A data cable

  • Decompiler tools

How to do it...

Let us see how each of these tools help:

  • Blackberry IDE: This IDE is needed majorly for code review assignments. The code of the BB apps can be analyzed...