Center of Excellence Security - Mobile application Penetration Testing

Mobile Application
Penetration Testing

Secure your app, protect your users, and build trust with expert mobile penetration testing.

Mobile Application Penetration Testing at COE Security

At COE Security, our Mobile Application Penetration Testing service is designed to uncover vulnerabilities across iOS and Android apps by simulating real-world attacks. As mobile apps become a primary channel for user engagement, data access, and business operations, they also become a lucrative target for cybercriminals. We help organizations identify security flaws that could lead to data leakage, unauthorized access, or compromised user privacy.

Our testing methodology follows OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide (MSTG) standards and covers both client-side and server-side vulnerabilities. We dive deep into the mobile ecosystem from the app’s source code and APIs to storage, communication channels, and runtime behavior.

With COE Security’s Mobile Application Penetration Testing, you gain comprehensive visibility into mobile security risks, enabling you to protect users, brand reputation, and business data.

Our Approach

Define Engagement Scope: Establish a clear scope covering mobile platforms (iOS, Android), application functionalities, and testing objectives.
Collect Information: Gather app details such as source code, API documentation, and network configuration to understand the attack surface.
Perform Static Analysis: Analyze the mobile application’s code and binaries for vulnerabilities like hardcoded secrets or weak encryption algorithms.
Conduct Dynamic Analysis: Test the app in a live environment, focusing on communication between the app and server, APIs, and third-party services.
Test Authentication Mechanisms: Evaluate login systems for weaknesses such as improper session handling, broken authentication, or weak password policies.

Assess Data Storage and Transmission: Review the app’s data storage mechanisms for sensitive data exposure and ensure encryption during transmission.
Exploit Security Vulnerabilities: Attempt to exploit identified vulnerabilities to assess their impact and potential risks to the organization.
Perform Reverse Engineering: Decompile and reverse-engineer the app to uncover hidden functionalities, security flaws, or API weaknesses.
Test App Resilience to Interception: Simulate man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks to verify if data and communication can be intercepted or manipulated.
Document Findings and Remediation: Compile detailed findings, risk assessments, and remediation steps in a clear, actionable report for stakeholders.

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Business Logic Flaws

Indepth Validation

API security

Mobile Application Penetration Testing Process

Our established pentest methodology delivers comprehensive testing and actionable recommendations.

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Threat Model

Active Testing

Business Logic Analysis

Reporting

Why Choose COE Security’s Mobile Application Penetration Testing?

Comprehensive Coverage: We use static and dynamic analyses to uncover all vulnerabilities, from code to runtime.
Mobile Security Expertise: Our team stays updated on the latest mobile security threats, ensuring thorough testing.
Real-World Exploitation: We simulate actual attacks to evaluate true risk and impact.
Cross-Platform Testing: We test both iOS and Android apps for platform-specific vulnerabilities.
Advanced Reverse Engineering: We identify hidden flaws and weak points in code, assets, and APIs.

API Security Focus: We ensure secure communication, authentication, and data integrity between apps and servers.
Clear Reporting: We provide actionable, easy-to-understand reports for effective remediation.
DevOps Integration: Seamless integration with your CI/CD pipeline for continuous security checks.
Regulatory Compliance: We help ensure compliance with standards like GDPR, PCI DSS, and HIPAA.
Proactive Risk Mitigation: We identify vulnerabilities early to prevent breaches and data loss.

Five areas of Mobile Application
Penetration Testing

Application Penetration Testing

Mobile applications are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, making robust penetration testing essential. Our Application Penetration Testing service assesses your mobile apps for security vulnerabilities and weaknesses that could be exploited by attackers. We simulate real-world attacks to uncover flaws such as insecure data storage, weak encryption, improper session management, and unauthorized access points. By identifying these vulnerabilities, we help you patch them before they can be exploited, ensuring your mobile applications are secure and your users’ data remains protected. This testing process provides actionable insights for enhancing the security of your mobile apps, keeping them resilient against potential threats.

Penetration Testing as a Service

Our Penetration Testing as a Service offering is a comprehensive and ongoing solution designed to test the security of your mobile applications and infrastructure. This service involves continuous testing, simulating various attack vectors to identify and exploit vulnerabilities that could compromise the integrity of your mobile environment. With a focus on both internal and external threats, our approach ensures that your mobile applications and networks are secure from evolving cyber threats. By incorporating regular, scheduled penetration tests into your security strategy, we help you stay ahead of emerging risks and maintain a proactive defense against potential breaches.

API Penetration Testing

Mobile applications frequently rely on APIs to communicate with back-end systems, making API security critical. Our API Penetration Testing service focuses on testing the APIs your mobile apps depend on for vulnerabilities that can expose sensitive data or enable unauthorized access. We evaluate the authentication, authorization, input validation, and data encryption of your APIs to uncover weaknesses that could be exploited by attackers. By performing comprehensive API testing, we help ensure that your APIs are secure and cannot be leveraged to compromise your mobile applications, protecting your data and users from malicious actors.

Application Security Consulting

Security consulting plays a vital role in ensuring that mobile applications are built with security in mind from the ground up. Our Application Security Consulting service guides your development teams in implementing secure coding practices, identifying and mitigating potential vulnerabilities, and ensuring your apps meet industry standards. We focus on integrating security into every phase of the mobile app development lifecycle, from design to deployment. Through secure architecture, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessments, we help your team build mobile apps that are resilient against the most common and emerging security threats, ensuring a secure user experience.

Cloud Security Consulting

As mobile apps increasingly rely on cloud infrastructure, ensuring the security of the cloud environment is crucial. Our Cloud Security Consulting service helps assess and strengthen the security of cloud services that support your mobile applications. We focus on securing data in transit and at rest, configuring proper access controls, and ensuring that cloud services adhere to best practices for security and compliance. With a focus on cloud security risks such as misconfigurations, insufficient monitoring, and unauthorized access, we provide the guidance and tools necessary to ensure your mobile app’s back-end infrastructure is as secure as the app itself.

Advanced Offensive Security Solutions

COE Security empowers your organization with on-demand expertise to uncover vulnerabilities, remediate risks, and strengthen your security posture. Our scalable approach enhances agility, enabling you to address current challenges and adapt to future demands without expanding your workforce.