Why Is Mobile App VAPT Worth Your time?
Mobile apps are notoriously vulnerable to attack, and they represent an enormous potential threat to your data and infrastructure. As more people begin using mobile apps, the likelihood of a breach increases. But if you're not testing your mobile apps for vulnerabilities, you're risking exposing yourself to unnecessary risk.
Mobile app vulnerability assessment and penetration testing is worth your time because mobile apps are also often targets for attack because they are designed to be used on devices that are easily lost or stolen. This makes it easy for an attacker to get their hands on sensitive data. There are many ways that a mobile application can be vulnerable. Here are some of the most common:
- Lack of Binary Protection
- Insufficient Authorisation
- Insufficient Authentication
- Insecure Data Storage
- Server-Side Vulnerability
- Broken Cryptography
- Improper Session Handling
- Insecure Communication
- Information Leakage
- Insufficient Client-Side Validation
- Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR)
- Outdated Vulnerable Frameworks
Neumetric's Mobile App VAPT Programme
The 8-Step Process Neumetric Follows to Test Your Apps
1. Project Onboarding and Initiation
2. Planning
3. Information Gathering
4. Set-up
5. Vulnerability Assessment
6. Penetration Testing
7. Vulnerability Validation
8. Reporting
Benefits of Neumetric's Mobile App Security Testing
Our mobile app VAPT assessment will give you a detailed report of all potential threats that exist in your mobile applications, including software vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. We will also provide recommendations on how to fix those problems, so that you can be sure your data is safe from attack. We test both Android and iOS Applications and our Mobile Application Security Testing covers the following Domains:
- Tampering and Reverse Engineering
- Data Storage
- Cryptography
- Cryptographic APIs
- Authentication Architectures
- Local Authentication
- Network Communication
- Network APIs
- Platform APIs
- Code Quality and Build Settings
- Anti-Reversing Defences
- User Privacy Protection
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Frequently Asked Questions
If Solutions and Organisations are left un-protected or under-protected, it allows for hackers to easily access sensitive information without being observed and re-use the stolen data for wrong-doing or purposes for which the User has not given permission to.
A serious attack could result into a denial of delivery of Service, ransom demands or complete loss of Data. This will result into loss of Credibility, damage claims by Clients, loss of future Business
Technical Security and General Security.
Technical Security pertains to protection of the Platform/Product/Solution/Servers from attacks.
General Security pertains to implementing Organisation wide processes to prevent attacks from being successful
Vulnerability Assessment is a technical review of the Code for any bugs & loopholes that may allow unauthorized access or entry to the System.
While writing code developers may not be aware of the security loopholes in the written code.
Vulnerability Assessment is designed to identify such loopholes so that it can be fixed permanently, this ensures that hackers are unable to access the code for malicious purposes.
Approximately 1.25 months excluding remediation activity.
Multiple tools are used during VAPT. Burp Suite & OWASP ZAP are the most commonly used, but depending on need & necessity, we use a host of tools & systems available in the Kali Linux OS.
For Mobile Apps we frequently use Santoku OS.
For APIs we primarily use Postman.
We do not remediate but do provide explanation on how to remediate the Vulnerabilities. Fixing them is your responsibility.
The term Android vulnerability assessment and penetration testing refers to the process of identifying security vulnerabilities in Android applications and devices in mobile app VAPT. Vulnerability assessments can be performed during the development phase, before releasing an application on Google Play or other app stores, or they can be performed after a product has been released. A vulnerability assessment may also be used to determine whether or not a new version of an application or operating system needs to be developed.
Penetration testing is used to determine whether or not a hacker could take advantage of any vulnerabilities found in an Android app or device. Penetration testing may include using methods such as social engineering, phishing attacks, brute force attacks and so on.
There are many ways that you can test an application for vulnerabilities. Some of the methods include:
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Penetration Testing
- Static Code Analysis
- Dynamic Application Security Testing [DAST]
Yes. Cross-Site Scripting [XSS] attacks are possible on all platforms, including mobile and desktop. However, they are much more difficult to exploit on mobile devices because of the extra layers of protection that come with the operating system.
Yes. Mobile apps are vulnerable to CSRF. In the context of mobile apps, this means that if you’re logged into your bank’s mobile app and you open your email app, an attacker could send you a malicious link that would cause you to log out of your bank’s mobile app and log into their own account—with your username and password!