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Product type Paperback

Published in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801073394

Length 166 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Android

Concepts

Reverse Engineering

Author (1):

Abhinav Mishra

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Basics of Mobile App Reverse Engineering, Common Tools and Techniques, and Setting up the Environment

2. Chapter 1: Basics of Reverse Engineering – Understanding the Structure of Mobile Apps FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up a Mobile App Reverse Engineering Environment Using Modern Tools

4. Section 2: Mobile Application Reverse Engineering Methodology and Approach

5. Chapter 3: Reverse Engineering an Android Application

6. Chapter 4: Reverse Engineering an iOS Application

7. Chapter 5: Reverse Engineering an iOS Application (Developed Using Swift)

8. Section 3: Automating Some Parts of the Reverse Engineering Process

9. Chapter 6: Open Source and Commercial Reverse Engineering Tools

10. Chapter 7: Automating the Reverse Engineering Process

11. Chapter 8: Conclusion

12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Tools for mobile application reverse engineering

There are several options when it comes to choosing a reverse engineering tool for mobile applications. Mobile applications have dex or Mach-O (OS-x) binary files, which are generally the prime focus during reverse engineering. A tool that supports mobile device architectures and can decompile, disassemble, and patch a mobile application would be the right choice of tool for penetration testing. However, sometimes, there are more complex problems that need to be solved, some advance obfuscation performed, and external library files also need to be reverse engineered. In such cases, the reverse engineering tool would need to have these advanced capabilities.

Let's have a look at some of the commonly used open source and commercially available reverse engineering tools, which can be used for mobile applications.