Pentesting Exploits Noted In Smartphones (Android Edition)

Learn some Android hacking techniques used in CVE exploits and hacking competitions

What you’ll learn

• Become more comfortable with decompiling Android applications
• Learn about more obscure behaviors of the Android operating system
• Replicate some of the Android security issues previously exploited at hacking competitions
• Be able to spot potential security issues when looking at Android source code
• Create custom applications to exploit Android vulnerabilities
• Mimic the techniques used to find CVEs related to Android application security

Requirements

• Either a rooted physical Android device running at least Android 12, or the ability to run an Android emulator within Android Studio
• How to setup a hooking environment, preferably with Frida
• Have beginner level experience hooking into Android applications
• Understanding of what the External Storage is and how it works
• What the different types of IPCs are in Android (Activity / Content Provider / Service / etc)