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The Mobile application hacker's handbook / Dominic Chell, Tyrone Erasmus and Shaun Colley.

By: Chell, Dominic.
Contributor(s): Erasmus, Tyrone | Colley, Shaun.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Indianapolis, IN : John Wiley and Sons, 2015Description: xxxviii, 770 : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781118958506 (pbk.); 1118958500 (pbk.).Subject(s): Application software -- Security measures | Mobile communication systemsDDC classification: 005.8
Contents:
Mobile Application (In)security -- Analyzing iOS Applications -- Attacking iOS applications -- Identifying iOS Implementation Insecurities -- Writing Secure iOS Applications -- Analyzing Android Applications -- Attacking Android Applications -- Identifying and Exploiting Android Implementation Issues -- Writing Secure Android Applications -- Analyzing Windows Phone Applications -- Attacking Windows Phone Applications -- Identifying Windows Phone Implementation Issues -- Writing Secure Windows Phone Applications -- Analyzing Blackberry Applications -- Attacking Blackberry applications -- Identifying Blackberry Application Issues -- Writing secure Blackberry Applications -- Cross-Platform Mobile Applications.
Summary: The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications by approaching the issue from a hacker's point of view. Heavily practical, this book provides expert guidance toward discovering and exploiting flaws in mobile applications on the iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone platforms. You will learn a proven methodology for approaching mobile application assessments, and the techniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the various types of attacks. Coverage includes data storage, cryptography, transport layers, data leakage, injection attacks, runtime manipulation, security controls, and cross-platform apps, with vulnerabilities highlighted and detailed information on the methods hackers use to get around standard security.

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See your app through a hacker's eyes to find the real sources of vulnerability

The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications by approaching the issue from a hacker's point of view. Heavily practical, this book provides expert guidance toward discovering and exploiting flaws in mobile applications on the iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone platforms. You will learn a proven methodology for approaching mobile application assessments, and the techniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the various types of attacks. Coverage includes data storage, cryptography, transport layers, data leakage, injection attacks, runtime manipulation, security controls, and cross-platform apps, with vulnerabilities highlighted and detailed information on the methods hackers use to get around standard security.

Mobile applications are widely used in the consumer and enterprise markets to process and/or store sensitive data. There is currently little published on the topic of mobile security, but with over a million apps in the Apple App Store alone, the attack surface is significant. This book helps you secure mobile apps by demonstrating the ways in which hackers exploit weak points and flaws to gain access to data.

Understand the ways data can be stored, and how cryptography is defeated Set up an environment for identifying insecurities and the data leakages that arise Develop extensions to bypass security controls and perform injection attacks Learn the different attacks that apply specifically to cross-platform apps

IT security breaches have made big headlines, with millions of consumers vulnerable as major corporations come under attack. Learning the tricks of the hacker's trade allows security professionals to lock the app up tight. For better mobile security and less vulnerable data, The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a practical, comprehensive guide.

Includes index.

Mobile Application (In)security -- Analyzing iOS Applications -- Attacking iOS applications -- Identifying iOS Implementation Insecurities -- Writing Secure iOS Applications -- Analyzing Android Applications -- Attacking Android Applications -- Identifying and Exploiting Android Implementation Issues -- Writing Secure Android Applications -- Analyzing Windows Phone Applications -- Attacking Windows Phone Applications -- Identifying Windows Phone Implementation Issues -- Writing Secure Windows Phone Applications -- Analyzing Blackberry Applications -- Attacking Blackberry applications -- Identifying Blackberry Application Issues -- Writing secure Blackberry Applications -- Cross-Platform Mobile Applications.

The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications by approaching the issue from a hacker's point of view. Heavily practical, this book provides expert guidance toward discovering and exploiting flaws in mobile applications on the iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone platforms. You will learn a proven methodology for approaching mobile application assessments, and the techniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the various types of attacks. Coverage includes data storage, cryptography, transport layers, data leakage, injection attacks, runtime manipulation, security controls, and cross-platform apps, with vulnerabilities highlighted and detailed information on the methods hackers use to get around standard security.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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.