Application security

IOS Application Security Part 11 - Analyzing Network Traffic over HTTP/HTTPS

IOS Application Security Part 11 - Analyzing Network Traffic over HTTP/HTTPS

In the previous article, we looked at IOS filesystem and forensics. In this article, we will be looking at how we can analyze the network traffic flowing acr

Rootkits On Your Smartphone

Rootkits On Your Smartphone

While security of mobile operating systems is one of the most researched topics today, exploiting and rootkitting ARM-based devices gets more and more intere

IOS Application Security Part 10 - IOS Filesystem and Forensics

IOS Application Security Part 10 - IOS Filesystem and Forensics

In this article, we will be looking at the IOS filesystem, understand how the directories are organized, look at some important files, and look at how we can

The Mobile Device Management Saga: An SIEM (Security Information Event Management) perspective

The Mobile Device Management Saga: An SIEM (Security Information Event Management) perspective

Wikipedia defines Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions as solutions that secure, monitors and supports mobile devices, deployed across various Mobile ser

IOS Application Security Part 9 - Analyzing Security of IOS Applications using Snoop-it

IOS Application Security Part 9 - Analyzing Security of IOS Applications using Snoop-it

In some of the previous articles, we have looked at how we can dump class information of IOS apps using class-dump-z, hook into the runtime using Cycript and

IOS Application Security Part 8 - Method Swizzling using Cycript

IOS Application Security Part 8 - Method Swizzling using Cycript

In the previous article, we looked at how we can install custom apps on our device without a developer certificate. In this article, we will look at how we c

IOS Application Security Part 7 - Installing and Running Custom Applications on Device without a registered developer account

IOS Application Security Part 7 - Installing and Running Custom Applications on Device without a registered developer account

Usually, to test apps on a device, you need to be a registered developer which costs about $99/year. For people who want to learn IOS Application security, i

IOS Application Security Part 6 - New Security Features in IOS 7

IOS Application Security Part 6 - New Security Features in IOS 7

As we all know, Apple recently introducted its new version of IOS at WWDC 2013 with a completely redesinged User Interface. If you haven't seen it yet, check

C# Multithreading Example

C# Multithreading Example

Introduction The term "multithread programming" may sound complicated, but it is quite easy to do in C#.net. This article explains how multithreading works o

IOS Application security Part 5 - Advanced Runtime analysis and manipulation using Cycript (Yahoo Weather App)

IOS Application security Part 5 - Advanced Runtime analysis and manipulation using Cycript (Yahoo Weather App)

Introduction In the previous article, we learnt how to setup Cycript on your idevice, hook into a running process and obtain information about its propertie