Top Mobile Application Penetration Testing Tools for Android and iOS

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Top Mobile Application Penetration Testing Tools
for Android and iOS
A native mobile application is subjected to a
security evaluation known as a mobile
application penetration test. A
smartphone-specific app is referred to as a
native mobile application. It is programmed in
a particular language designed for the
corresponding operating system, usually Swift
for iOS and Java, BASIC, or Kotlin for
Android. In the context of the mobile
application, data at rest and data in
transit security testing are often included in
mobile app penetration tests. No matter if it is
an Android, iOS, or Windows Phone app, this is
true. As part of a penetration test, tools are
used to automate
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some operations, increase testing speed, and
detect flaws that can be challenging to find
using only human analytic techniques. In order
to ensure exceptional accuracy and to harden a
mobile app against malicious assaults, a manual
penetration test offers a wider and deeper
approach. While vulnerability assessments are
responsible for identifying security flaws,
penetration testing confirms that these issues
are real and demonstrates how to take advantage
of them. In order to access both the network
level and important applications, penetration
testing targets the apps security flaws and
weaknesses throughout the environment. The
mobile application vulnerability assessment and
penetration testing (VAPT) locates exploitable
flaws in code, systems, applications, databases,
and APIs before hackers can find and take
advantage of them. Utilizing harmful apps has
the potential to be risky, and untested apps
could include faults that expose the data of
your company. There is lots of mobile application
penetration testing (android or iOS) tools
available but we mentioned important mostly used
tools or softwares.
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• Mobile Application (Android and iOS) Scanner
• MobSF https//github.com/MobSF/Mobile-Security-
  Framework-MobSF
• Android
• Apktool https//apktool.org/
• dex2jar https//github.com/pxb1988/dex2jar
• jadx-gui https//github.com/skylot/jadx/releases
• jd-gui https//github.com/java-decompiler/jd-
  gui/releases/tag/v1.6.6
• ClassyShark https//github.com/google/android-
  classyshark/releases/tag/8.2
• Bytecode-Viewer https//github.com/Konloch/bytec
  ode- viewer/releases/tag/v2.11.2
• SDK Platform-Tools https//developer.android.com
  /tools/releases/platfor m-tools
• DB Browser for SQLite https//sqlitebrowser.org/d
  l/
• Frida https//github.com/frida/frida
• Objection https//github.com/sensepost/objection

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• fridump https//github.com/Nightbringer21/fridum
  p
• Magisk Manager https//magiskmanager.com/
• Xposed Framework https//forum.xda-
  developers.com/t/official-xposed-for-lollipop-
  marshmallow-nougat-oreo-v90-beta3-2018-01-
  29.3034811/
• PoxyDroid From Playstore
• IOS
• plist-viewer https//github.com/TingPing/plist-
  viewer/releases
• Ghidra https//ghidra-sre.org/
• Frida https//github.com/frida/frida
• Objection https//github.com/sensepost/objection
• fridump https//github.com/Nightbringer21/fridum
  p
• iOS App Dump https//github.com/AloneMonkey/frid
  a-ios-dump
• Jailbreaking Apps
• Unc0ver https//unc0ver.dev/

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• Checkra1n https//checkra.in/
• Otool Available with Xcode - https//inesmartins
  .github.io/mobsf-ipa-binary- analysis-step-by-ste
  p/index.html
• 3uTools http//www.3u.com/
• Keychain Dumper https//github.com/ptoomey3/Keyc
  hain-Dumper
• Cydia Apps
• SSL Killswitch 2
• Shadow
• Liberty
• Frida
• Strings https//learn.microsoft.com/en-
  us/sysinternals/downloads/strings
• DB Browser for SQLite https//sqlitebrowser.org/
  dl/
• Hopper https//www.hopperapp.com/
• Burpsuite https//portswigger.net/burp/community
  download
• In essence, the mobile application VAPT locates
  exploitable flaws in code, systems, applications,

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databases, and APIs before hackers can find and
take advantage of them. Utilizing harmful apps
has the potential to be risky, and untested apps
could include faults that expose the data of
your company. The mobile application penetration
testing services by Elanus Technologies identify
security risks in android and iOS apps and
devices. Get in touch to secure your devices
today! Our Contact Information Address Ajmer
Rd, Purani Chungi, Neelkanth Colony, Vidhyut
Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302019 Email id
info_at_elanustechnologies.com Contact Number
07597784718 Website https//www.elanustechnologie
s.com/