conducting-mobile-application-penetration-test
Conducting Mobile Application Penetration Test
Overview
Mobile application penetration testing evaluates the security of Android and iOS applications following the OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide (MASTG) and Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS). Testing covers static analysis of the application binary, dynamic runtime analysis, API communication security, data storage assessment, and reverse engineering resistance.
Prerequisites
- Application APK/IPA file or TestFlight/Play Store access
- Rooted Android device or emulator (Genymotion, Android Studio AVD)
- Jailbroken iOS device or Corellium cloud instance
- Tools: Frida, Objection, MobSF, Jadx, Burp Suite, adb, Ghidra
- OWASP MASTG checklist
Android Testing
Static Analysis
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