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Learning iOS Penetration Testing
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Learning iOS Penetration Testing

by Swaroop Yermalkar
January 2016
Beginner
204 pages
3h 54m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 3. Identifying the Flaws in Local Storage

 

"A false sense of security is worse than being unsure"

 
 --Anonymous

In the previous chapter, we set up a lab to perform pentesting on iOS applications. We now have a good understanding of how to install third-party iOS apps, transfer files, and various other concepts about tools and utilities that are required to pentest. In this chapter, we will take a look at the insecure data storage vulnerability of iOS applications.

We will look at the following topics:

  • Introduction to insecure data storage
  • Installing third-party applications
  • Insecure data in the plist files
  • Insecure storage in the NSUserDefaults class
  • Insecure storage in SQLite database
  • SQL injection in iOS applications
  • Insecure storage in Core Data ...
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ISBN: 9781785883255