Top Mobile Application Penetration Testing Tools for Android and iOS.pdf
1. Top Mobile Application Penetration Testing
Tools for Android and iOS
A native mobile application is subjected to a security
evaluation known as a “mobile application penetration
test.” A smartphone-specific app is referred to as a
“native mobile application.” It is programmed in a
particular language designed for the corresponding
operating system, usually Swift for iOS and Java, BASIC,
or Kotlin for Android.
In the context of the mobile application, “data at rest”
and “data in transit” security testing are often included
in mobile app penetration tests. No matter if it is an
Android, iOS, or Windows Phone app, this is true. As
part of a penetration test, tools are used to automate
2. some operations, increase testing speed, and detect
flaws that can be challenging to find using only human
analytic techniques.
In order to ensure exceptional accuracy and to harden
a mobile app against malicious assaults, a manual
penetration test offers a wider and deeper approach.
While vulnerability assessments are responsible for
identifying security flaws, penetration testing confirms
that these issues are real and demonstrates how to
take advantage of them. In order to access both the
network level and important applications, penetration
testing targets the app’s security flaws and weaknesses
throughout the environment.
The mobile application vulnerability assessment and
penetration testing (VAPT) locates exploitable flaws in
code, systems, applications, databases, and APIs before
hackers can find and take advantage of them. Utilizing
harmful apps has the potential to be risky, and
untested apps could include faults that expose the data
of your company.
There is lots of mobile application penetration testing
(android or iOS) tools available but we mentioned
important mostly used tools or software’s.
5. Checkra1n: https://checkra.in/
8. Otool: Available with Xcode -
https://inesmartins.github.io/mobsf-ipa-binary-
analysis-step-by-step/index.html
9. 3uTools: http://www.3u.com/
10. Keychain Dumper:
https://github.com/ptoomey3/Keychain-Dumper
11. Cydia Apps:
SSL Killswitch 2
Shadow
Liberty
Frida
12. Strings: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-
us/sysinternals/downloads/strings
13. DB Browser for SQLite:
https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/
14. Hopper: https://www.hopperapp.com/
15. Burpsuite:
https://portswigger.net/burp/communitydownload
In essence, the mobile application VAPT locates
exploitable flaws in code, systems, applications,
6. databases, and APIs before hackers can find and take
advantage of them. Utilizing harmful apps has the
potential to be risky, and untested apps could include
faults that expose the data of your company. The
mobile application penetration testing services by
Elanus Technologies identify security risks in android
and iOS apps and devices. Get in touch to secure your
devices today!
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