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See your app through a hacker's eyes to find the real sources of vulnerability The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications by approaching the issue from a hacker's point of view. Heavily practical, this book provides expert guidance toward discovering and exploiting flaws in mobile applications on the iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone platforms. You will learn a proven methodology for approaching mobile application assessments, and the techniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the various types of attacks. Coverage includes data storage, cryptography, transport layers, data leakage, injection attacks, runtime manipulation, security controls, and cross-platform apps, with vulnerabilities highlighted and detailed information on the methods hackers use to get around standard security. Mobile applications are widely used in the consumer and enterprise markets to process and/or store sensitive data. There is currently little published on the topic of mobile security, but with over a million apps in the Apple App Store alone, the attack surface is significant. This book helps you secure mobile apps by demonstrating the ways in which hackers exploit weak points and flaws to gain access to data. Understand the ways data can be stored, and how cryptography is defeated Set up an environment for identifying insecurities and the data leakages that arise Develop extensions to bypass security controls and perform injection attacks Learn the different attacks that apply specifically to cross-platform apps IT security breaches have made big headlines, with millions of consumers vulnerable as major corporations come under attack. Learning the tricks of the hacker's trade allows security professionals to lock the app up tight. For better mobile security and less vulnerable data, The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a practical, comprehensive guide.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons INC International Concepts
ISBN-139781118958506
eBay Product ID (ePID)212783877
Product Key Features
Number of Pages816 Pages
Publication NameThe Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook
LanguageEnglish
SubjectComputer Science
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
AuthorTyrone Erasmus, Ollie Whitehouse, Dominic Chell, Shaun Colley
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height239 mm
Item Weight1364 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorShaun Colley, Tyrone Erasmus, Dominic Chell, Ollie Whitehouse