Bulletproof Android™: Practical Advice for Building Secure Apps

Preface

Why another Android security book? Right now I know of a half dozen books or so about hacking Android. I personally wrote one a few years ago called Decompiling Android. In the world of hacking we use the term white hat for someone who is trying to improve the security of a system and black hat for someone who is trying to exploit the weaknesses of a system. In my opinion, most of the existing Android hacking books are either black hat books or they tread the line between white hat and black hat. Sometimes they benefit a black hat hacker and sometimes the information is useful for someone who wants to write a more secure app. Black hat books are still a great resource for understanding how to secure your app, but the focus is on how to ...