A. Imran / Rao Kotipalli Hacking Android

Explore every nook and cranny of the Android OS to modify your device and guard it against security threats
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-78588-800-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten

Explore every nook and cranny of the Android OS to modify your device and guard it against security threatsKey Features - [*] Understand and counteract against offensive security threats to your applications
- [*]Maximize your device’s power and potential to suit your needs and curiosity
- [*] See exactly how your smartphone’s OS is put together (and where the seams are)
Book DescriptionWith the mass explosion of Android mobile phones in the world, mobile devices have become an integral part of our everyday lives. Security of Android devices is a broad subject that should be part of our everyday lives to defend against ever-growing smartphone attacks. Everyone, starting with end users all the way up to developers and security professionals should care about android security. Hacking Android is a step-by-step guide that will get you started with Android security. You’ll begin your journey at the absolute basics, and then will slowly gear up to the concepts of Android rooting, application security assessments, malware, infecting APK files, and fuzzing. On this journey you’ll get to grips with various tools and techniques that can be used in your everyday pentests. You’ll gain the skills necessary to perform Android application vulnerability assessment and penetration testing and will create an Android pentesting lab. What you will learn - [*] Acquaint yourself with the fundamental building blocks of Android Apps in the right way
- [*] Pentest Android apps and perform various attacks in the real world using real case studies
- [*] Take a look at how your personal data can be stolen by malicious attackers
- [*] Understand the offensive maneuvers that hackers use
- [*] Discover how to defend against threats
- [*] Get to know the basic concepts of Android rooting
- [*] See how developers make mistakes that allow attackers to steal data from phones
- [*] Grasp ways to secure your Android apps and devices
- [*] Find out how remote attacks are possible on Android devices
Who this book is forThis book is for anyone who wants to learn about Android security. Software developers, QA professionals, and beginner- to intermediate-level security professionals will find this book helpful. Basic knowledge of Android programming would be a plus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

A. Imran, Mohammed

Rao Kotipalli, Srinivasa

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Handheld Programmierung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents - Setting up the lab
- Android Rooting
- Fundamental Building Blocks of Android Apps
- Overview of Attacking Android Apps
- Data storage and it's security
- Server Side Attacks
- Client side attacks – Static Analysis techniques
- Client side attacks – Dynamic Analysis Techniques
- Android Malwares and Reverse Engineering
- Attacks on Android Devices

Über Autor(innen)

Rao Kotipalli Srinivasa :

Srinivasa Rao Kotipalli (@srini0x00) is a security researcher from India. He has extensive hands-on experience in performing web application, infrastructure, and mobile security assessments. He worked as a security consultant at Tata Consultancy Services India for two and a half years and later joined a start-up in Malaysia. He has delivered training sessions on web, infrastructure, and mobile penetration testing for organizations across the world, in countries such as India, Malaysia, Brunei, and Vietnam. Through responsible disclosure programs, he has reported vulnerabilities in many top-notch organizations. He holds a bachelor's degree in information technology and is OSCP certified. He blogs at www.androidpentesting.com and www.infosecinstitute.com.