Mobile Application Penetration Testing
Our mobile application penetration testing services focus on identifying security vulnerabilities. These are the weak points that hackers exploit in real-world scenarios to compromise your mission-critical applications and sensitive data.
What you'll get:
- Executive Summary: C-level overview detailing your mobile app's risk landscape
- Technical Report: Comprehensive report on flaws in mobile apps and hosting
- Remediation Steps: Actionable steps for immediate app vulnerability mitigation
- Security Guidance: Insights on long-term mobile app security improvement
- Compliance Certification: Attestation to meet industry regulations
What is Mobile Application Penetration Testing?
Mobile application pentesting is a critical process that examines and fortifies mobile applications against cyber threats by mimicking real-world hacking techniques to identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigations. Testing the security of your mobile application is imperative in today’s technologically advanced age, where mobile apps are not only more prevalent, but also increasingly complex and integral to business operations. As applications become more customized, proprietary, and diverse, the security risks they face are inherently complex and varied. Our recognized expertise in this area has been instrumental in protecting numerous mission-critical mobile apps from complex business logic flaws and technical vulnerabilities that go far beyond a traditional network security assessment.
In a digital environment where threats are increasingly targeting mobile applications, compliance standards such as PCI-DSS, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are becoming more stringent and often include mobile applications within their scope. Organizations are now faced with additional requirements to navigate and comply with. Our Mobile App Pentest Services not only help you strengthen your mobile applications, but also ensure that you successfully navigate and comply with complex requirements as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Why Should you Perform Mobile Application Penetration Testing?
- Tackle Unique Mobile app Security Risks
Mobile apps have design elements unique to their architecture. These can expose sensitive data and functionalities to manual hacking techniques. Mobile app penetration testing can identify and address these vulnerabilities. - Navigate Complex App Interactions
Mobile applications frequently interact with multiple APIs and back-end services. This complexity often results in unique security challenges and vulnerabilities, which are best assessed through specialized testing. - Address Platform-Specific Risks
iOS and Android platforms present their own sets of mobile app security challenges. Mobile app penetration testing can help in tailoring mitigation strategies specific to your chosen platform. - Safeguard User Privacy & Data Security
One of the core objectives of mobile app security is to handle user data in a manner that’s both secure and compliant with regulations. Mobile App Penetration testing can assess how well your app meets these crucial requirements.
How Will Mobile Application Pen testing Help Secure My Apps?
- Identify and Exploit Vulnerabilities
We manually test your mobile app security to discover and exploit weaknesses, using hacker-like tactics to pave the way for real-world remediation strategies. - Validate Business Logic
Our testing examines the app’s business logic to identify potential weak points that could be manipulated, guaranteeing the app functions as securely as intended. - Fortify API Communications
We assess the security controls of your APIs to ensure robust, encrypted communication between the app and back-end servers. - Scrutinize Third-Party Components
Our mobile app pen testing services also evaluate third-party libraries, SDKs, and APIs integrated into your app to make sure they don’t introduce new vulnerabilities and are securely implemented.
What Will be Assessed During a Mobile App Penetration Test?
- User Data Security
Data storage, transmission, encryption, and user privacy settings. - API and Backend Security
API authentication, authorization, data validation, and secure communication. - Business Logic Integrity
Workflow, data processing, transaction processes, and error handling. - Platform and OS Security
Platform-specific vulnerabilities, OS-level security, and interaction with device hardware. - Third-Party Integrations
Security of third-party services, libraries, and SDKs integrated into the app. - And more
Including code security, memory handling, session management, and more.
OWASP Mobile Top 10 Testing Methodology
Our methodology integrates the OWASP Mobile Top 10 standards to identify vulnerabilities unique to each mobile application.Our tests focus on best practices for mobile application security, including both backend and front-end.
- Injection flaws
- Security misconfiguration
- Insecure Direct Object Reference
- Cross-site request forgery
- Authentification and session management
- Insecure data storage
- Insecure communication
- Code tampering
- Insufficient cryptography
- Extraneous functionality
What are the Benefits of Conducting a Mobile Application Penetration Test?
Penetration tests are essential for safeguarding your mobile applications against evolving cybersecurity threats
Improved Mobile App Security
Elevate the overall security of your mobile applications by identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities and potential threat vectors.
Protecting Revenue Streams
Safeguarding in-app purchases and transaction functionalities from vulnerabilities that could disrupt sales and negatively impact revenue.
Regulatory Compliance
Successfully meet the cybersecurity requirements of various regulatory standards and third-parties, avoiding fines and penalties.
Enhanced Dev Practices
Implement penetration testing insights into development practices, ensuring mobile app security is prioritized from app creation.
Minimizing Downtime
Identifying vulnerabilities exploitable to cause service interruptions, ensuring your mobile applications are available and reliable for users at all times.
Informed Security Investments
Utilize testing insights to make data-driven decisions on where to allocate resources and investments within your security infrastructure.
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Our Mobile App Penetration Testing Process
Project Scoping
Duration: ~ 1-2 days
Activities: We learn about your specific needs and objectives.
Outcome: Business proposal, signed contract.
Kick-off / Planning
Duration: ~ 1 hour
Activities: We review the scope of work, discuss requirements and planning.
Outcome: Scope validation, test planning.
Penetration Testing
Duration: ~ 2-3 weeks
Activities: We execute the test in accordance with the project scope.
Outcome: Detailed penetration test report, presentation.
Remediation Testing
Duration: Up to 1 month
Activities: We test and validate vulnerability fixes.
Outcome: Remediation report, attestation.
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Why Choose Vumetric For Mobile Application Penetration Testing?
Vumetric is an ISO9001-certified boutique provider entirely dedicated to pen test, with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. Our methodologies are proven and our understanding of cybersecurity risks is extensive, allowing us to provide clear advice to our clients that is pragmatic, adapted to their needs and efficient in securing against any malicious attacker.
Proven Methodologies & Expertise
Our proven testing methodologies are based on industry best practices and standards.
ExperiencedTeam
Our team of certified penetration testers conducts more than 400 pentest projects annually.
Actionable Results
We provide quality reports with actionable recommendations to fix identified vulnerabilities.
Read Our Clients' Success Stories
Discover how our pentest services helped organizations improve the security of their mission-critical Web Apps:
" I appreciate how Vumetric was super fast in understanding our platform and doesn’t waste time. Their report is very well-written, easy to read and they’ve provided proof for every item. ”
“ Vumetric conducted penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities in our Android and iOS apps. The team effectively handled the collaboration, regularly providing progress updates and explaining solutions. ”
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