The Mobile Application Hackers Handbook

View your app through a hacker′s eyes

IT security breaches make headlines almost daily. With both personal and corporate information being carried in so many pockets, mobile applications on the iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phones are a fertile field for hackers. To discover the true vulnerabilities in a mobile app, you must look at it as a hacker does.

This practical guide focuses relentlessly on the hacker′s approach, helping you secure mobile apps by demonstrating how hackers exploit weak points and flaws to gain access to data. Discover a proven methodology for approaching mobile application assessments and the techniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the various types of attacks.

Learn to:

Understand the ways data can be stored and how hackers can defeat cryptography Set up an environment in which insecurities and data leakages can be identified Develop extensions to bypass security controls and perform injection attacks for testing Identify the different types of attacks that apply specifically to cross–platform apps Recognize how hackers bypass security controls such as jailbreak/root detection, tamper detection, runtime protection, and anti–debugging Implement a generic methodology for mobile application testing

DOMINIC CHELL is a director of MDSec and a recognized expert in mobile security, providing training to leading global organizations.

TYRONE ERASMUS is an expert on Android security and heads Mobile Practice at MWR InfoSecurity SA.

SHAUN COLLEY is a security consultant and researcher at IOActive specializing in mobile security and reverse engineering.

OLLIE WHITEHOUSE is Technical Director with NCC Group who has previously worked for BlackBerry and Symantec specialising in mobile security.