Hacking Android

Book Description

Explore every nook and cranny of the Android OS to modify your device and guard it against security threats

About This Book

• Understand and counteract against offensive security threats to your applications
• Maximize your device’s power and potential to suit your needs and curiosity
• See exactly how your smartphone’s OS is put together (and where the seams are)

Who This Book Is For

This book is for anyone who wants to learn about Android security. Software developers, QA professionals, and beginner- to intermediate-level security professionals will find this book helpful. Basic knowledge of Android programming would be a plus.

What You Will Learn

• Acquaint yourself with the fundamental building blocks of Android Apps in the right way
• Pentest Android apps and perform various attacks in the real world using real case studies
• Take a look at how your personal data can be stolen by malicious attackers
• Understand the offensive maneuvers that hackers use
• Discover how to defend against threats
• Get to know the basic concepts of Android rooting
• See how developers make mistakes that allow attackers to steal data from phones
• Grasp ways to secure your Android apps and devices
• Find out how remote attacks are possible on Android devices

In Detail

With the mass explosion of Android mobile phones in the world, mobile devices have become an integral part of our everyday lives. Security of Android devices is a broad subject that should be part of our everyday lives to defend against ever-growing smartphone attacks. Everyone, starting with end users all the way up to developers and security professionals should care about android security.

Hacking Android is a step-by-step guide that will get you started with Android security. You’ll begin your journey at the absolute basics, and then will slowly gear up to the concepts of Android rooting, application security assessments, malware, infecting APK files, and fuzzing. On this journey you’ll get to grips with various tools and techniques that can be used in your everyday pentests. You’ll gain the skills necessary to perform Android application vulnerability assessment and penetration testing and will create an Android pentesting lab.

Style and approach

This comprehensive guide takes a step-by-step approach and is explained in a conversational and easy-to-follow style. Each topic is explained sequentially in the process of performing a successful penetration test. We also include detailed explanations as well as screenshots of the basic and advanced concepts.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Setting Up the Lab
Chapter 2: Android Rooting
Chapter 3: Fundamental Building Blocks of Android Apps
Chapter 4: Overview of Attacking Android Apps
Chapter 5: Data Storage and Its Security
Chapter 6: Server-Side Attacks
Chapter 7: Client-Side Attacks – Static Analysis Techniques
Chapter 8: Client-Side Attacks – Dynamic Analysis Techniques
Chapter 9: Android Malware
Chapter 10: Attacks on Android Devices

中文：

书名：Hacking Android

探索Android操作系统的每一个角落和漏洞，修改您的设备并保护其免受安全威胁

About This Book

• 了解并应对针对您的应用程序的攻击性安全威胁
• 最大限度地发挥设备的功能和潜力，以满足您的需求和好奇心
• 看看你的智能手机的操作系统是如何组装的(以及接缝在哪里)

这本书是为谁写的

这本书是为任何想要学习Android安全的人准备的。软件开发人员、QA专业人员和初学者到中级安全专业人员将发现这本书很有帮助。具备Android编程基础知识者优先。

你将学到什么

• 以正确的方式熟悉Android应用程序的基本构建块
• 测试Android应用程序，并使用真实案例研究在现实世界中执行各种攻击
• 看看恶意攻击者如何窃取您的个人数据
• Understand the offensive maneuvers that hackers use
• 了解如何防御威胁
• 了解Android Roting的基本概念
• See how developers make mistakes that allow attackers to steal data from phones
• 掌握保护您的Android应用程序和设备的方法
• 了解如何在Android设备上进行远程攻击

In Detail

随着Android手机在全球的大规模爆炸，移动设备已经成为我们日常生活中不可或缺的一部分。Android设备的安全是一个广泛的主题，应该成为我们日常生活的一部分，以防御日益增长的智能手机攻击。每个人，从终端用户到开发人员和安全专业人员，都应该关心Android的安全。

黑客安卓是一个循序渐进的指南，将让你开始使用安卓安全。你将从绝对的基础开始你的旅程，然后慢慢地熟悉Android根、应用程序安全评估、恶意软件、感染APK文件和Fuzze的概念。在这一旅程中，你将掌握各种工具和技术，这些工具和技术可以在你的日常任务中使用。您将获得执行Android应用程序漏洞评估和渗透测试所需的技能，并将创建一个Android安装测试实验室。

风格和方法

这本综合指南采取了循序渐进的方法，并以对话和易于遵循的风格进行了解释。在成功执行渗透测试的过程中，每个主题都会按顺序进行解释。我们还包括详细的解释以及基本和高级概念的屏幕截图。

Table of Contents

第1章：设置实验室
第2章：安卓扎根
第3章：Android应用程序的基本构建块
第4章：Android应用攻击概述
第5章：数据存储及其安全性
第6章：服务器端攻击
第7章：客户端攻击-静态分析技术
第8章：客户端攻击-动态分析技术
第9章：Android恶意软件
第十章：对安卓设备的攻击