Mobile App Pentesting
What this engagement covers
Mobile apps expose data and logic on devices you do not control. We test your iOS and Android applications the way an attacker would — inspecting the client, its storage, and how it talks to your backend — to find issues before your users or their attackers do.
- Insecure local storage — Keychain/Keystore, databases, files, caches
- Sensitive data in logs, backups, screenshots and the clipboard
- Hardcoded secrets, API keys and credentials in the binary
- Weak or misused cryptography and poor key management
- Authentication and biometric / local-auth bypass
- Session and token handling flaws
- TLS validation and certificate pinning (MITM resistance)
- Insecure API traffic and data exposure in transit
- Insecure IPC, deep links and exported components
- WebView and JavaScript-bridge issues
- Reverse-engineering, tampering, root/jailbreak and anti-debugging resistance
- The backend APIs the app relies on (authorization, data exposure)
- iOS and Android, aligned to the OWASP MASVS
- Black-box (compiled build) or grey/white-box (source & creds)
- a.Static and dynamic analysis of iOS and Android builds
- b.Insecure data storage, logging and secrets review
- c.API and backend communication testing
- d.Authentication, session and authorization checks
- e.Aligned to the OWASP Mobile Application Security standard (MASVS)
Scope & rules of engagement
We agree targets, timing, depth and constraints in writing before anything starts — so testing is safe, authorized and focused on what matters to you.
Manual testing
Certified testers work by hand — following recognised methodologies like OWASP and PTES, not just automated scanners — chaining findings the way a real attacker would to prove genuine impact.
Reporting
You get a prioritized report with clear proof-of-concept, business impact and step-by-step remediation your engineers can act on immediately.
Retest
After you fix, we re-test the findings to confirm they are resolved and issue an updated report you can share with customers or auditors.
- →Findings across the app, its storage and its APIs
- →Proof-of-concept for exploitable issues
- →Platform-specific remediation for iOS and Android
- →A customer-shareable report for due diligence and app reviews
- →Free retest after you ship the fixes
Not necessarily. We can test a compiled build (black-box) or work with source and credentials (grey/white-box) for deeper coverage — we will recommend the right depth for your goals.
Yes — the app’s APIs and backend are part of a mobile assessment, since that is where most of the sensitive logic and data actually lives.