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Mobile Application Penetration Testing
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Mobile Application Penetration Testing

by Vijay Kumar Velu
March 2016
Intermediate to advanced
312 pages
7h 15m
English
Packt Publishing
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The mobile application penetration testing methodology

The mobile application penetration testing methodology is typically based on the application security methodology. The focus shifts from traditional application security, where the primary threat is from multiple sources over the Internet. The key difference is in the client-side security, filesystem, hardware, and network security. Traditionally for mobile applications, an end user is in control of the device.

The mobile application penetration testing methodology

Everything starts with understanding the risk environment of mobile applications.

Discovery

Information collection is an important point to keep in mind during the penetration testing process: ...

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ISBN: 9781785883378