Mobile App Pentesting

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NetSPI tests your Android and iOS mobile applications for vulnerabilities. We manually pentest security controls in four essential areas: file system, memory, network communications, and graphical user interface (GUI)

iOS & Android Mobile Apps

Security Testing for Mobile Device Applications

NetSPI evaluates target applications for security vulnerabilities, testing both client-side and backend server functionality for anonymous (non-credentialed) and authenticated users (credentialed). A combination of manual and automated pentesting is completed on Android / iOS using commercial, open source, proprietary software and methodologies.

  • Real Devices
  • Flexible Approach
  • Testing Efficiency

Key NetSPI Differentiators
Every tester has two Apple devices and two Android
devices on their desk to ensure top-quality testing
results and reduced false positives.
Testing can be done wherever it’s preferred, whether
that’s through an MDM or Application Distribution
Platform like TestFlight, GooglePlay beta, etc.
We demonstrate industry-leading testing quality with
results delivered faster than the competition

Related Resources

  • Mobile App Data Sheet

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Anonymous Testing

  • Non-credentialed User
  • Application Client Binary
  • Server & Web Components
  • Mobile, Network & Server Layers
  • Automated scanners
  • Manual verification

Authenticated Testing

  • Credentialed users by type
  • Automated & manual processes
  • Elevate privileges
  • Gain access to restricted functionality
  • Manual verification

  • Insecure data storage
  • Client-side injection vulnerabilities
  • Data flow issues
  • Weak server-side controls
  • Side channel data leakage
  • Insufficient transport layer protection
  • Improper session handling
  • Cryptography
  • Sensitive information disclosure

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5 Key Attack Scenarios of Mobile App Pentesting

1 ) Direct Attack Model

Attempt to gain unauthorized access by leveraging serverside attacks used by real-world adversaries such as injections, authorizations, authentication flaws, business logic, hard-coded credentials / API Keys, and more.

3 ) Mobile Malware

Applications and operating software are our focus when testing for user reactions and vulnerabilities which can be directly exploited with the goal of user impersonation or gaining access to local data.

5 ) Lost Mobile Devices

Mobile devices can easily be lost or stolen, and it's critical to discover what can be accessed should this event occur. We review common lost or stolen device targets such as crypto wallets, bank accounts, social media accounts, and more.

2 ) User-Targeted Attacks

Test if targeted users will interact with adversarial XSS, CSRF, CORS through phishing emails, malicious data storage, comments, links, etc. Once we gain entry, we assess stored information, escalate privileges, or impersonate accounts.

4 ) Machine in the Middle

Review and assess the network path between the application on the user’s device and a server for potential traffic and interception vulnerabilities.

You Deserve The NetSPI Advantage

Human-Led

  • 350+ pentesters
  • Employed, not outsourced
  • Wide domain expertise

AI-Accelerated

  • Consistent quality
  • Deep visibility
  • Transparent results

Modern Pentesting

  • Use case driven
  • Friction-free
  • Built for today’s threats