Mobile applications are commonplace in most organisations. They’re convenient for customers and employees, but they also handle sensitive user data, authentication tokens, financial transactions, and access to backend services. This makes them attractive targets for attackers.
Our Mobile Application Penetration Testing helps safeguard against potential threats to Android and iOS applications. Using controlled offensive testing, we uncover vulnerabilities in your mobile application. We’ll show you how attackers could breach your data, compromise your account, or get unauthorised access to your systems.
What we offer
Our Mobile Application Penetration Testing evaluates vulnerabilities across your entire mobile ecosystem. We use a comprehensive analysis to dig deep and find areas of threat.
New application or updates
If you’re working on a new mobile application or update, our penetration testing can help find vulnerabilities before release.
Data and fraud protection
Penetration testing can be used to better protect sensitive user and business data. We check the secure interactions between mobile applications and backend services.
Regulatory and compliance
Finally, we can help you maintain regulatory and compliance readiness.
What you receive
Our Mobile Application Penetration testing will give you a clear understanding of how attackers could exploit your mobile application with advice on how to prevent this from happening. We also provide a comprehensive and actionable security report, designed to support your technical teams and business stakeholders.
The report includes:
A summary of key findings and risk levels
Technical descriptions of your vulnerabilities
Proof-of-concept exploitation
Risk ratings based on severity and business impact
Practical remediation guidance
Recommendations for improving application security
After the assessment we can assist with remediation and vulnerability verification, if needed.
industries
Who we’ve helped
Chances are, we’ve helped organisations like yours.
We’ve performed Mobile Application Penetration Testing across a wide range of industries, including the following:
Financial Services and Banking
E-Commerce and Retail
Healthcare & Medical Services
Education and Universities
Transportation and Logistics
Government and Public Sector
Media and Entertainment
Telecommunications
Technology and Software as a Service (SaaS) Providers
Travel and Hospitality
Our extensive experience across industries lets us to tailor testing approaches to suit your needs. We’ll work with your mobile application architecture, regulatory requirements, and industry-specific risks.
What we assess
Our Mobile Application Penetration Testing looks at all the components that make up your mobile application. We’ll find any areas of threat to help you safeguard against attack.
We analyse the mobile application for vulnerabilities in the code or runtime behaviour. Vulnerabilities can include credentials or Application Programming Interface (API) keys, insecure cryptographics, reverse engineering application code, improper certificate validation, or debugging and logging exposing data.
We’ll check how the mobile application stores sensitive information. Threat areas include sensitive data stored in plaintext or leaked through logs or caches, insecure use of local database or files, and exposed authentication tokens.
We identify authentication weaknesses. Here are common areas that can lead to a compromised account: authentication mechanisms, session management, token storage and reuse, session expiration management.
Communication with backend services is an integral part of mobile applications. Vulnerabilities include unencrypted communication channels, improper TLS implementation, man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, API endpoint abuse.
Securing backend APIs is crucial for safe mobile applications. Areas for exploitation include broken access control in API endpoints, vulnerabilities with input and authentication validation, data exposure through API responses.
Operating systems pose unique risks. To counter these, we test Android and iOS. Android risks include insecure use of permissions, exported activities or services, and unsafe use of intents or content providers. iOS risks include keychain use, data protection mechanisms, and data exposure through application files.
What frameworks we follow
We align with widely recognised security frameworks and industry best practices to ensure
comprehensive coverage.
Our methodology incorporates guidance from:
OWASP Mobile Top 10
OWASP mobile security guidance
OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard
ISO / IEC 27001
This ensures mobile applications are tested using industry-recognised security practices.
FAQ
Find answers to common questions about our services and what to expect from your experience with us.
Do you test both Android and iOS applications?
Yes. Our testing covers both platforms, including platform-specific vulnerabilities.
Do you test backend APIs used by mobile apps?
Yes. Mobile application security heavily depends on backend services, which we include in the assessment.
Can you test applications before public release?
Yes. Pre-release testing is strongly recommended to identify vulnerabilities before deployment.
Do rooted or jailbroken devices affect security testing?
Yes. We test how applications behave on compromised devices to identify additional risks.
