Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook

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

The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is acomprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications byapproaching the issue from a hacker's point of view. Heavilypractical, this book provides expert guidance toward discoveringand exploiting flaws in mobile applications on the iOS, Android,Blackberry, and Windows Mobile platforms. You will learn a provenmethodology for approaching mobile application assessments, and thetechniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the varioustypes of attacks. Coverage includes data storage, cryptography,transport layers, data leakage, injection attacks, runtimemanipulation, security controls, and cross-platform apps, withvulnerabilities highlighted and detailed information on the methodshackers use to get around standard security.

Mobile applications are widely used in the consumer andenterprise markets to process and/or store sensitive data. There iscurrently little published on the topic of mobile security, butwith over a million apps in the Apple App Store alone, the attacksurface is significant. This book helps you secure mobile apps bydemonstrating the ways in which hackers exploit weak points andflaws to gain access to data. * Understand the ways data can be stored, and how cryptography isdefeated * Set up an environment for identifying insecurities and the dataleakages that arise * Develop extensions to bypass security controls and performinjection attacks * Learn the different attacks that apply specifically tocross-platform apps

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