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Mobile Device Exploitation Cookbook. Over 40 recipes to master mobile device penetration testing with open source tools

Mobile Device Exploitation Cookbook. Over 40 recipes to master mobile device penetration testing with open source tools

Prashant Verma, Akshay Dixit

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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.
  • 1. Introduction to the Mobile Security
  • 2. Mobile Malwares based attacks
  • 3. Auditing Mobile Applications
  • 4. Attacking Mobile Application Traffic
  • 5. Working with other Platforms
  • Titel: Mobile Device Exploitation Cookbook. Over 40 recipes to master mobile device penetration testing with open source tools
  • Autor: Prashant Verma, Akshay Dixit
  • Originaler Titel: Mobile Device Exploitation Cookbook. Over 40 recipes to master mobile device penetration testing with open source tools
  • ISBN: 9781783558735, 9781783558735
  • Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2016-06-30
  • Format: E-book
  • Artikelkennung: e_3cnz
  • Verleger: Packt Publishing