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What is a Mobile Application Test & Why do I Need One?
The Mobile Applications we use daily have significantly advanced in recent years. This advancement and reliance upon such services have exposed users to a variety of new security risks. Protecting these applications from new threats is a constant challenge, especially for developers who may not be security-aware and typically work toward a performance deadline.
Pentest People have a wealth of knowledge in the area of Mobile Application Security Testing, and the professional Mobile Application Security Testing Service can be used to identify vulnerabilities that exist on your Mobile applications.
Discover Mobile App Vulnerabilities
Discover vulnerabilities that exist within your Mobile Applications before they're exploited.
Remediate Risks Within Your Mobile Apps
Use our Mobile Application consultants advice and SecurePortal to remediate any vulnerabilities.
Improve The Security Posture of Your Mobile Apps
Keep your Mobile Applications secure with regular vulnerability scans and testing.
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Mobile App Methodology
Our Mobile Application Testing Has 4 Key Steps
Scoping & Intelligence Gathering
Our experts will listen to you and your needs to develop a tailored testing strategy. From here our consultants will use a wide variety of penetration testing tools and resources to gather information on your organisation.
Reporting & Remediation
Now the test is complete our consultants will fill out a detailed report of their findings, broken down by category and type, adding any remediation advice to the exploits and vulnerabilities they discovered. This data will be accessible via SecurePortal and follow up calls will be made to walkthrough the test and the steps required to remove the risks found.
Application Mapping
The application is mapped, and key files are analysed to gain an understanding of the mobile application’s logic, data and potential entry points and architectural vulnerabilities.
Input Validation/Sanitisation
Many mobile application vulnerabilities are the result of poor (or non-existent) input validation, sanitisation, and output encoding. All user-controllable input is closely tested to identify any instances of malicious code injection weaknesses. Common vulnerabilities such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and SQL Injection fall within this category.
How Do We Test Mobile Applications?
The application will be reversed engineered to check for misconfigurations or missing core security defences such as root detection, SSL pinning and code obfuscation.
From here the source code of the application will be analysed to look for misconfigurations, hardcoded credentials or keys.
From Here We Look For Weaknesses in Your App
The application-level will be analysed for weaknesses such as weak passwords policies, insecure change password functionality and extraction of data from the application. The logs will also be viewed whilst performing actions to find any sensitive data being logged.
Services, Broadcast receivers and activities will be tested in an attempt to trigger these outside of the normal business logic of the application. This often finds authentication bypasses and the ability to interact with the application and its data in a malicious way.
Make Your Testing Experience Easier with SecurePortal
SecurePortal provides clients with a new way to monitor and analyse the data you receive in your penetration tests. Rather than a lengthy physical report you gain a range of simple features that highlight your test findings and vulnerabilities.
Easily access remediation advice from our team of consultants on discovered vulnerabilities and assign them to your team for fast and efficient resolution. Receive overview and trend data of all of the current security issues you face in your organisatio and so much more./
Key Benefits of Testing Your Mobile Applications
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Providing better user experience: A mobile app that doesn't work correctly frustrates users and leads to poor app ratings, fewer downloads, and unhappy customers. Mobile app testing ensures optimal user experience by catching and fixing any potential usability issues, bugs, and glitches. This leads to higher customer satisfaction and potentially even increased revenue
Guaranteeing data security: Mobile apps usually handle sensitive user data such as login credentials, payment details, and personal information, which require a rigorous testing process to identify and address the security vulnerabilities that could lead to data breaches. Testing mobile apps can help protect user data by identifying and addressing any security concerns
Ensuring proper functionality: Mobile apps have become an essential part of our daily life, and the functionality of these apps needs to be checked and tested before launching them into the market. This includes testing the app under various scenarios such as network availability, different device hardware, and operating platforms, to ensure that the app works properly in all situations
What Are The Risks Involved With Untested Mobile Applications?
Mobile Applications are becoming increasingly complex, as they do so their threat landscapes are becoming larger with more personally identifiable and business critical data being stored.
Insecure applications may result in sensitive data being exposed to other applications on the device, the ability to trigger application components to perform malicious actions amongst other attack vectors. Mobile Applications typically make use of on API to send and retrieve data from the server, this is also a focal point of assessment with our full API methodology being covered.
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How Does Our Mobile Application Penetration Testing Work?
Pentest People can help alleviate the risks associated with Mobile Applications by identifying vulnerabilities that exist within the app in both IOS & Android Operating Systems.
Pentest People’s Mobile Application Testing service looks at mobile applications at a storage level by reverse engineering the application package and viewing the database and configuration files. We use specialised technology to simulate a malicious application stored on the phone alongside your application to check for vulnerabilities that require a malicious application to exploit.
We also examine the API backend using our full API methodology which covers all of the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities, common misconfigurations and in depth business logic testing.
Experienced Consultant Team
Our Testing Team are CREST Accredited & Includes CHECK Team Leaders
Experienced & Accredited Testing Team For All Our Services
Penetration testing is a key component of any effective cybersecurity strategy, and it requires well-trained professionals to execute. Our consultant team needs are highly trained in order to test your business for vulnerabilities and identify potential threats before they cause harm. Our team have a deep understanding of the systems and protocols involved in protecting against hackers, malware, and data breaches.
- CHECK Team Leaders
- CREST Accredited consultant teams
- Experts in all areas of cybersecurity
See What Our Clients Have to Say About our Professional Services
“Pentest People stand out in the field of penetration testing due to the skillset of people they have working there. We undertook a complex bespoke pentest with them which required a lot of pre-work in order to make sure it was scoped correctly and they took the time to come onsite to make sure all was correct prior to commencing. From my experience with them, they are very intelligent people with a deep understanding of the security landscape and we will continue to use them for future testing requirements”.
"Pentest People has been a trusted partner in our Information Security audits, helping us achieve ISO27001:2013 and Cyber Essentials certifications. Their expertise, professionalism, and
customer-focused solutions have greatly improved our ICT infrastructure.
I highly recommend Pentest People to any potential client."
“Pentest People were efficient, knowledgeable and very supportive of our organisation making the jump from Cyber Essentials to accreditation to the ‘Plus’ upgrade. They were great to communicate with, delivered as promised and we will certainly use again when re-certification comes round."
“The SecureGateway allowed Pentest People to perform a quality penetration test while the tester worked remotely. The results and data collected by the consultant were at the level we would expect from a standard test, showing no real difference other than allowing us to proceed as normal”
“Pentest People have provided us with a very streamlined testing service, that can be easily reviewed using their SecurePortal. I’m pleased with the quality of the testing report and it has enabled us to feel more confident in our network security”.
“We used Pentest People to assist us with our security testing. They truly understand this area extremely well and gave us great reassurance on areas that we needed to improve.
Pentest People are truly experts in the security field and we would highly recommend them. They have great depth of knowledge and breadth of experience”
"Pentest People perform Web Application and Infrastructure Penetration Testing for Pharmacy2U. They are always professional to engage with, provide an excellent level of service and the addition of the SecurePortal makes receiving and interrogating the results of the service very easy indeed.We look forward to working with them in the future and trust the work they deliver."
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Mobile Application Test?
A mobile application security test thoroughly evaluates a mobile app's security posture, designed to identify and address potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses. This professional assessment ensures the app's resilience against cyber threats, safeguarding sensitive data and maintaining user trust. With a focus on innovation and tangible benefits, mobile application security testing employs clear, concise methodologies to deliver actionable insights and recommendations for enhancing your app's overall security.
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