Book description
Discover all the security risks and exploits that can threaten iOS-based mobile devices
iOS is Apple's mobile operating system for the iPhone and iPad. With the introduction of iOS5, many security issues have come to light. This book explains and discusses them all. The award-winning author team, experts in Mac and iOS security, examines the vulnerabilities and the internals of iOS to show how attacks can be mitigated. The book explains how the operating system works, its overall security architecture, and the security risks associated with it, as well as exploits, rootkits, and other payloads developed for it.
Covers iOS security architecture, vulnerability hunting, exploit writing, and how iOS jailbreaks work
Explores iOS enterprise and encryption, code signing and memory protection, sandboxing, iPhone fuzzing, exploitation, ROP payloads, and baseband attacks
Also examines kernel debugging and exploitation
Companion website includes source code and tools to facilitate your efforts
iOS Hacker's Handbook arms you with the tools needed to identify, understand, and foil iOS attacks.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Chapter 1: iOS Security Basics
- Chapter 2: iOS in the Enterprise
- Chapter 3: Encryption
- Chapter 4: Code Signing and Memory Protections
- Chapter 5: Sandboxing
- Chapter 6: Fuzzing iOS Applications
- Chapter 7: Exploitation
- Chapter 8: Return-Oriented Programming
- Chapter 9: Kernel Debugging and Exploitation
- Chapter 10: Jailbreaking
- Chapter 11: Baseband Attacks
- Appendix: Resources
- Introduction
Product information
- Title: iOS Hacker's Handbook
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2012
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118240755
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