Mobile Application Pentest
Mobile apps are now a primary channel for customer interaction—and a high-value target for attackers. Weak authentication, insecure storage, flawed APIs, and reverse-engineering risks can lead to account takeover, data theft, and abuse of business logic.
Our Mobile Application Penetration Testing service focuses on identifying security weaknesses in Android & iOS apps, associated APIs, and backend services. We assess your mobile ecosystem against modern attacker techniques and industry standards to help you ship secure, resilient applications.
Our Service Methodology
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Scoping & Planning
We identify the platforms (Android/iOS), application build types, API dependencies, authentication flows, and distribution methods, and align the testing approach with your development team to ensure smooth and secure execution.
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Reconnaissance & Information Gathering
We review the mobile app's architecture, data flows, platform-specific permissions, and integration points to understand how the app handles sensitive data both on-device and across backend services.
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Threat Modeling & Attack Surface Analysis
We analyze high-risk functionality, client-side trust boundaries, API interactions, and potential misuse scenarios to prioritise areas most likely to affect security, privacy, or business logic.
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Vulnerability Discovery & Exploitation
We perform targeted testing for insecure storage, weak authentication, broken authorization, unsafe API calls, reverse engineering risks, and manipulation of client-side controls using both automated tools and manual analysis.
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Post-Exploitation & Risk Assessment
We assess the real-world impact of identified weaknesses, including data exposure, account compromise, transaction manipulation, and unauthorized access, while following safe testing practices.
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Reporting & Remediation Support
You receive a detailed report with an executive summary, technical findings, CVSS scores, PoC evidence, and prioritized remediation guidance—plus a complimentary retest to verify fixes and support your development team.
What We Test
Authentication & Session Management
Weak or missing MFA implementation, token handling issues (JWT, OAuth tokens, refresh tokens), session fixation, insecure session lifecycle, persistent logins and 'remember me' functionality misuse, weak account lockout and brute-force protections.
Authorization & Access Control
Horizontal & vertical privilege escalation, insecure direct object references (IDOR), broken access control in API endpoints, role and tenant isolation flaws (cross-account data access).
Data Storage & Privacy
Sensitive data stored unencrypted on device (PII, auth tokens, card data), insecure use of SharedPreferences, SQLite, Keychain, or files, data leakage via logs, caches, screenshots, backups, notifications, clipboard usage for secrets or tokens.
Network & Transport Security
Missing or incorrect TLS usage, weak or outdated cipher suites/protocols, lack of certificate pinning (where appropriate), susceptibility to man-in-the-middle attacks.
Code & Binary Protection
Absence or bypass of root/jailbreak detection, lack of anti-debugging/anti-tampering protections, easily reversible code (no obfuscation on sensitive components), exposed internal endpoints via debug menus or test flags.
Platform Misconfigurations
Over-privileged Android permissions / iOS entitlements, exported or externally accessible activities, services, broadcast receivers, insecure deep links / universal links, custom URL scheme abuse.
Business Logic & Abuse Scenarios
Bypassing client-side validations and limits, transaction tampering, pricing or discount abuse, abuse of referral, loyalty or coupon systems, edge case workflows leading to inconsistent states or data exposure.
Compliance & Standards
Compliance Support
- PCI DSS
- For mobile payment flows and card data handling
- SOC 2
- Security and confidentiality principles
- GDPR
- Protection of personal data in mobile environment
- HIPAA
- For healthcare mobile applications handling PHI
- ISO 27001
- Technical controls around application and data security
Testing Standards
- OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS)
- OWASP API Top 10
- OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide (MSTG)
- NIST SP 800-115 (technical security testing)
- Vendor/platform-specific best practices (Google/Apple security guidelines)