Mobile Security

Mobile Application Penetration Testing

Ensure the security of your mobile applications on untrustworthy devices

Since your app runs on devices outside of your control, mobile application penetration testing is the most straightforward way to secure it. Orasec's experts analyze iOS and Android apps to detect client-side vulnerabilities, insecure data storage, hardcoded secrets, API weaknesses, and authentication flaws. Doing a simulated attack on a compromised device is how we get to the bottom of a lot of risks that the automated tools miss by far. By finding the vulnerabilities and fixing the mobile app security issues on all platforms, you can protect your users, their data, and your brand reputation.

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The Importance of a Mobile App Pen Test

Mobile apps are often the main medium through which the users' personal data and the company's sensitive systems get accessed. A single vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access, data loss or financial damage. Orasec's mobile app penetration services enable us to simulate a genuine iOS and Android app hacking techniques such as changing the registration details, obtaining the session cookie, and vulnerability scanning to name a few and find where they might be located: authentication, business logic, API communications, and client side storage.

Platform Specific Mobile Security Assessments

iOS Mobile App Penetration Testing

Orasec's iOS penetration testing simulates attacks on iPhones and iPads to uncover vulnerabilities that attackers exploit. Our mobile application penetration testing service includes:

  • Keychain data extraction: Identify sensitive information stored insecurely.
  • App Transport Security bypass: Detect weaknesses in SSL and TLS implementation.
  • Binary analysis and reverse engineering: Examine your app's code for logic flaws and hidden risks.
  • Jailbreak detection evasion: Test app behavior on compromised devices.
  • URL scheme exploitation: Assess security risks in deep links and inter-app communication.

Android Mobile Application Penetration Testing

Our Android penetration testing identifies vulnerabilities specific to Android devices and apps. This mobile app penetration testing service includes:

  • APK decompilation and analysis: Reverse engineer the application to uncover hidden risks.
  • SharedPreferences and local storage assessment: Detect sensitive data stored insecurely.
  • Intent and broadcast abuse testing: Find insecure inter-process communication.
  • Root detection bypass: Test app behavior on rooted devices.
  • Content provider exploitation: Assess permissions and access risks in Android file and database storage.

Pre-Launch and Pre-Submission Mobile App Security Testing

The security checks done by the App Store and Google Play will spot some security issues, but they will not find the business logic errors, unsecured API points, or authentication bypasses that the attackers discover and exploit long after the release of the application. Doing a mobile security test from OraSec right before the release of the mobile app allows you to discover the issues in your application a stage or QA environment where the remedial actions are quick, cheap and do not need an emergency patch released to the outside world.

If you are submitting the app for approval to the App Store or planning to deploy the app within your enterprise, or you are getting ready for a public launch, the cost of testing the app before the launch will be definitely reduced in comparison to the cost of the remediation after a breach.

Mobile App Vulnerability Testing on Compromised Devices

Secure Your Application Even At The Points Of Attack

Since mobile applications operate on devices that you do not own or control, they are the first targets for hackers. The users might jailbreak or root their smartphones, attackers could disassemble the program files, and man-in-the-middle attacks would be able to intercept API traffic. Orasec mobile app penetration testing is exactly the service that demonstrates these threats in the real world, so not only your iOS and Android apps but also the whole client environment will be secure even if it is hostile. Most applications do not pass this test however with Orasec, you will be able to determine your weaknesses exactly.

Key Threats Uncovered

  • Secrets Extracted: Detect hardcoded credentials, API keys, and sensitive information stored insecurely.
  • Traffic Intercepted: Identify SSL and TLS weaknesses and API traffic exposure.
  • Data Exposed: Assess risks in local storage, SharedPreferences, Keychain, and cached files.
  • Controls Bypassed: Test client side authentication, authorization, and security controls against tampering and runtime attacks.

Mobile Application Penetration Testing That Stops Attacks Before They Happen

Attackers will decompile your app, manipulate API traffic, bypass authentication, and extract hardcoded secrets. Orasec's mobile app penetration testing services uncover these vulnerabilities before your iOS or Android app goes live. Identify security gaps, protect sensitive data, and ensure your application is resilient against real world threats.

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Mobile App Penetration Testing Attack Vectors

Real World Threat Simulation for iOS and Android

Orasec's mobile application penetration testing services simulate the techniques attackers use to compromise mobile apps. We go beyond automated scans to uncover hidden vulnerabilities across all layers of your application. Key attack vectors include:

  • Binary Reverse Engineering: Analyze app code to extract secrets and understand business logic.
  • SSL and TLS Interception: Capture and manipulate API traffic to identify insecure communications.
  • Insecure Data Storage Exploitation: Detect sensitive information stored in local files, SharedPreferences, or Keychain.
  • Jailbreak/Root Detection Bypass: Test app behavior on compromised iOS and Android devices.
  • Deep Link & URL Scheme Abuse: Exploit inter app communication to perform unauthorized actions.
  • Runtime Manipulation: Bypass client side controls and authentication checks during execution.
  • API Abuse & Replay Attacks: Test backend APIs for vulnerabilities exposed via manipulated app requests.

With Orasec, you gain a complete view of how attackers could target your mobile app, helping you remediate risks before they impact your users or brand.

Test Your App Before It Hits Production.

Prevent data leaks, authentication bypasses, and API abuse. Orasec's mobile app penetration testing service identifies vulnerabilities before your users encounter them.

Mobile Application Penetration Testing Methodology

Comprehensive Approach to Secure Your iOS and Android Apps

Orasec's mobile application penetration testing services follow a structured methodology to uncover vulnerabilities that automated tools often miss. We simulate real world attacks to help you secure your apps before release.

Static Analysis: Decompile and analyze the application binary to identify hardcoded secrets, logic flaws, and insecure code patterns.

Outcome: → Hidden credentials and vulnerable logic exposed

Dynamic Analysis: Manipulate the app during runtime to bypass client side controls, authentication, and security mechanisms.

Outcome: → Realistic attack paths identified

Network Analysis: Capture, inspect, and modify API communications to detect SSL and TLS weaknesses, insecure endpoints, and potential data leaks.

Outcome: → API vulnerabilities uncovered

Storage Analysis: Examine all data stored on the device, including local files, SharedPreferences, Keychain, and cached information.

Outcome: → Sensitive data exposure detected

API Testing: Test backend APIs directly, independent of the app, to uncover server side logic flaws, authentication bypasses, and authorization risks.

Outcome: → Critical server vulnerabilities revealed

What Automated Mobile App Penetration Testing Often Misses

Go Beyond Scanners with Orasec’s Expert Mobile Application Penetration Testing

Automated scanners can detect common misconfigurations, but real attackers exploit vulnerabilities in ways tools can’t. Orasec’s mobile application penetration testing services uncover hidden risks in your iOS and Android apps before they become breaches.

Key areas that require expert mobile app penetration testing

  • Business Logic Flaws: Exploit multi step workflows and app specific functionality that automated tools overlook.
  • Insecure Data Storage: Detect sensitive information in non obvious locations like SharedPreferences, Keychain, and temporary files.
  • Certificate Pinning Weaknesses: Identify gaps in SSL and TLS implementation and certificate validation.
  • Authentication State Manipulation: Test session handling, token management, and runtime auth bypass scenarios.
  • Clipboard & Screenshot Exposure: Check if sensitive data can be leaked through OS level interactions.
  • Inter Process Communication (IPC) Vulnerabilities: Assess risks in data exchange between apps or processes.

With Orasec, you get a complete, attacker’s-eye view of your mobile apps, ensuring your iOS and Android applications are resilient against real world attacks.

Protect Your APIs and Backend Systems

Uncover backend vulnerabilities exploited via mobile apps. Ensure your APIs, microservices, and server communications are secure from attacks with mobile application penetration testing services.

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Mobile Application Penetration Testing Deliverables

Actionable Insights from Orasec’s Expert Testing

Orasec’s mobile application penetration testing services provide detailed, actionable reports to help your teams secure iOS and Android apps. Our deliverables give a complete view of vulnerabilities, business risks, and remediation steps.

Platform Specific Reports

Separate findings for iOS and Android apps with contextual analysis of platform specific risks.

Binary Security Assessment

In depth review of code obfuscation, anti tampering controls, and hardcoded secrets.

API Security Findings

Identification of backend API vulnerabilities exploited via the mobile app.

Data Storage Analysis

Assessment of sensitive data stored on devices, including files, databases, and local caches.

Threat Model Document

Mobile specific threat scenarios and risk evaluation tailored to your application and user workflows.

With Orasec, your organization receives structured, actionable, and prioritized insights, ensuring your mobile apps are resilient against attacks before reaching production.

OWASP Mobile Top 10 — Our Testing Focus and Its Importance

The OWASP Mobile Top 10 highlights the major security threats to mobile apps and serves as an essential checklist for any trustworthy mobile penetration test. OraSec's assessments correspond entirely with the Mobile Top 10 - from leaking user credentials and weak supply chain security to risky data storage, failure of authentication, and poor binary protections. Each issue we document in our report is linked to its specific OWASP Mobile Top 10 category, thereby equipping your developers with a solid remediation strategy while providing your compliance team the necessary audit documentation.

React Native, Flutter, and Hybrid App Security Testing

Standard iOS and Android testing methodologies can only go so far when it comes to identifying various platform-specific vulnerabilities introduced by React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, and Cordova applications. For instance, these vulnerability classes may include JavaScript bridge abuse, shared rendering engine weaknesses, cross-platform data storage misconfigurations, as well as framework-specific authentication bypass paths. With mobile penetration testing, OraSec not only identifies hybrid and cross-platform apps, but also applies testing methods that are specific to the framework being used rather than the operating system on which it runs.

Why Choose Orasec for Mobile Application Penetration Testing

Trusted Expertise: Orasec is a certified mobile application penetration testing company with experience across iOS and Android platforms.

Real World Attack Simulations: We mimic attacker behavior to uncover vulnerabilities that automated tools often miss.

Advanced Methodologies: Combining manual testing, ethical hacking, and structured frameworks ensures comprehensive coverage.

Business Logic & API Protection: Identify flaws in workflows, authentication, and APIs before attackers exploit them.

Client Side Security: Protect against data leaks, hardcoded secrets, and runtime manipulations on mobile devices.

Compliance & Reputation: Ensure regulatory compliance while safeguarding user data and your organization’s reputation.

Standards & Compliance

OWASP MASVS

Mobile Application Security Verification Standard

PCI DSS

PA DSS for payment applications

HIPAA

Mobile device security for PHI

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Secure Your Mobile Applications Before Attackers Do

Orasec’s mobile application penetration testing services provide actionable insights to protect your apps and users. From iOS to Android, we simulate real world attacks, evaluate authentication, API security, data storage, and business logic flaws. Ensure regulatory compliance, prevent data breaches, and strengthen user trust with expert mobile app penetration testers guiding your security strategy.

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