Mobile Application Penetration Testing

Manual, jailbreak/root-enabled, instrumented testing of iOS and Android applications — aligned with OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS) v2 and OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide (MSTG).

Coverage

Mobile penetration tests cover three distinct attack surfaces:

  • Client-side — local data storage, cryptography, platform interaction, code quality, anti-tampering, anti-reverse-engineering
  • Network — transport security, TLS configuration, certificate pinning bypass, traffic interception
  • Server-side — backend APIs supporting the application (see API Penetration Testing for dedicated coverage)

MASVS v2 Profiles

  • MASVS-L1 — Standard security verification for general-purpose mobile applications
  • MASVS-L2 — Defence-in-depth for applications handling sensitive data (financial, health, identity)
  • MASVS-R — Resilience controls against reverse engineering and runtime tampering

Platforms

  • iOS — Swift, Objective-C, hybrid (React Native, Flutter, Cordova, Xamarin)
  • Android — Kotlin, Java, hybrid

Methodology Highlights

  • Static analysis — decompilation, IPA/APK inspection, hardcoded secret extraction
  • Dynamic analysis — Frida, Objection, runtime hooking on jailbroken/rooted devices
  • Network analysis — interception with platform-appropriate certificate pinning bypass
  • Local data inspection — Keychain, Keystore, SQLite, shared preferences, plist files
  • Inter-process communication — URL schemes, deep links, intents, broadcast receivers, content providers
  • Cryptography — algorithm selection, key management, IV reuse, RNG quality

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