Learning Pentesting for Android Devices: Android's popularity makes it a prime target for attacks, which is why this tutorial is so essential. It takes you from security basics to forensics and penetration testing in easy, user-friendly steps.

Aditya Gupta

Mar 2014 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

Key Features

Book DescriptionThis is an easy-to-follow guide, full of hands-on and real-world examples of applications. Each of the vulnerabilities discussed in the book is accompanied with the practical approach to the vulnerability, and the underlying security issue. This book is intended for all those who are looking to get started in Android security or Android application penetration testing. You don’t need to be an Android developer to learn from this book, but it is highly recommended that developers have some experience in order to learn how to create secure applications for Android.What you will learn

• Understand the basics of Android Security Architecture and Permission Model Bypassing Use and explore Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Study the internals of an Android application from a security viewpoint Learn to reverse an Android application Perform the Traffic Analysis on Android devices Dive into the concepts of Android forensics and data acquisition Acquire the knowledge of Application Level vulnerabilities and exploitation such as Webkit-Based Exploitation, Root Exploits, and Use After free vulnerabilities Write a penetration testing report for an Android application auditing project

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Ratings and reviews

I would consider myself new to Android apps security aspects. However I've found this book easy to follow. As the step by step approach to a penetration testing process is easy to follow. At the end of the book, there's a sample of a pentest report, that's considered a helpful document.

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About the author

Aditya Gupta is the founder of Attify, and an IoT and mobile security researcher. He is also the creator of the popular training course Offensive IoT Exploitation, and the founder of the online store for hackers Attify-Store. Gupta has also published security research papers, authored tools, and spoken numerous times at conferences such as BlackHat, DefCon, OWASP AppSec, ToorCon, and more. In his previous roles, he has worked with various organizations helping to build their security infrastructure and internal automation tools, identify vulnerabilities in web and mobile applications, and lead security planning. He can be reached out to on Twitter at @adi1391 and over email at [e-mail].