Hacking Android Apps for Beginners

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Learn how to test Android apps for vulnerabilities with this beginner-friendly guide. We cover key tools and techniques like static and dynamic analysis, emulators, ADB commands, and more. Get started with Android pentesting and secure your apps before hackers do.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction to Android Pentesting
0:09 - Overview of Tools and Concepts
0:17 - What Is Android Pentesting?
0:22 - Static vs. Dynamic Analysis
0:39 - Static Analysis Explained
0:56 - Setting Up Your Testing Environment
1:01 - Using Emulators for Testing
1:33 - Using ADB for Commands and File Management
2:11 - Introduction to Static Analysis
2:18 - Decompiling APK Files
2:35 - What to Look for in Code (Cryptography, Obfuscation, API Usage, Sensitive Data)
3:23 - Analyzing the Manifest File
3:30 - Dynamic Analysis: What Happens When the App Runs
3:35 - Using Burp Suite for Proxy and Traffic Interception
3:59 - Accessing App Data and Storage with ADB
4:21 - Open-Source Frameworks for Android Pentesting
4:38 - Join the BEST Cybersecurity Community

Ressources:
Emulators for Android Pentesting

Genymotion: https://www.genymotion.com/
QEMU: https://www.qemu.org/
Memu: https://www.memuplay.com/
NOX_Player: https://www.bignox.com/
ADB Commands

Android Debug Bridge (ADB): https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb

Decompiling APKs
JADX: https://github.com/skylot/jadx

Burp Suite
Burp Suite: https://portswigger.net/burp

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Open-Source Frameworks for Android Pentesting:

MobSF (Mobile Security Framework)
An all-in-one mobile app pentesting framework for Android and iOS. It provides static and dynamic analysis, as well as API testing.
GitHub: https://github.com/MobSF/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF

AndroGuard
A comprehensive tool for reverse engineering Android apps. It allows you to analyze and decompile APKs, and extract relevant information.
GitHub: https://github.com/androguard/androguard

Frida
A dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers, reverse engineers, and pentesters. It helps with hooking into and analyzing running Android apps.
GitHub: https://github.com/frida/frida

APKTool
A powerful tool for reverse engineering Android APK files. It allows you to disassemble resources, decode and rebuild them.
GitHub: https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool

Drozer
A security testing framework for Android that helps you identify vulnerabilities in Android apps.
GitHub: https://github.com/mwrlabs/drozer

ZAP (OWASP Zed Attack Proxy)
Although ZAP is not specifically built for Android, it’s widely used for testing the security of mobile apps by intercepting traffic and discovering vulnerabilities.
Website: https://www.zaproxy.org/

Inspeckage
An Android app inspection tool for security testing. It allows you to analyze Android apps for privacy leaks and other vulnerabilities.
GitHub: https://github.com/maddiestone/Inspeckage

Burp Suite (Community Edition)
A popular web vulnerability scanner that can be used for mobile pentesting by intercepting app traffic and analyzing interactions between the app and backend.
Website: https://portswigger.net/burp


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