Hacking Exposed Mobile Security Secrets & Solutions

Proven security tactics for today's mobile apps, devices, and networks

Identify and evade key threats across the expanding mobile risk landscape. Hacking Exposed Mobile: Security Secrets & Solutions covers the wide range of attacks to your mobile deployment alongside ready-to-use countermeasures. Find out how attackers compromise networks and devices, attack mobile services, and subvert mobile apps. Learn how to encrypt mobile data, fortify mobile platforms, and eradicate malware. This cutting-edge guide reveals secure mobile development guidelines, how to leverage mobile OS features and MDM to isolate apps and data, and the techniques the pros use to secure mobile payment systems.

• Tour the mobile risk ecosystem with expert guides to both attack and defense
• Learn how cellular network attacks compromise devices over-the-air
• See the latest Android and iOS attacks in action, and learn how to stop them
• Delve into mobile malware at the code level to understand how to write resilient apps
• Defend against server-side mobile attacks, including SQL and XML injection
• Discover mobile web attacks, including abuse of custom URI schemes and JavaScript bridges
• Develop stronger mobile authentication routines using OAuth and SAML
• Get comprehensive mobile app development security guidance covering everything from threat modeling to iOS- and Android-specific tips
• Get started quickly using our mobile pen testing and consumer security checklists

About the Authors

Neil Bergman is a senior security consultant at Cigital, a leading software security firm, where he conducts and leads penetration testing, code review, and threat modeling of software on behalf of major organizations.

Mike Stanfield is a security consultant at Cigital where he specializes in security assessments for the iOS, Android, and Blackberry platforms.

Jason Rouse is a security architect on the team responsible for the security of Bloomberg LP’s products and services.

Joel Scambray, CISSP, is a managing principal at Cigital and the bestselling coauthor of seven editions of Hacking Exposed.