Mobile app testing – Penetration Tests

Detailed mobile app penetration testing

Mobile Application Pen Tests

Mobile apps are tested to ensure business security, including iOS, Android & other platforms

Competitive Pen Test Pricing

Businesses of all sizes can benefit from a penetration test thanks to our competitive prices

Modern Dashboard Platform

Prioritize pen test results and get remediation guidance from our easy to use dashboard

Continuous Automated Protection

Reveal new security flaws & protect your business 24/7 with automated scanning

Expert mobile app pen testing

Mobile app pen testing is a thorough and methodical review of your mobile application’s cyber security. As a comprehensive security assessment, it helps you find and prioritize your mobile app’s security flaws. Today’s business world is mobile-first, which makes the security of your mobile apps of paramount importance to the success of your business. Target Defense’s seasoned penetration testers will hunt down security vulnerabilities in your mobile app and offer advice on how to fix them.

Benefits of mobile app penetration testing

Publishing a mobile app with security vulnerabilities is bad news for your organization’s reputation and finances. Mobile app pen testing helps you understand the security flaws present in your mobile application with minimal disruption to your business. It also helps you meet compliance with GDPR and data protection laws both foreign and in the US.

Target Defense’s penetration testing can analyze the security of any mobile technology. Our in-depth testing utilizes a powerful combination of automated tools and human ingenuity to scrutinize your security across every aspect of the technology stack. Afterwards, you get a comprehensive report that drills down into the details of each uncovered vulnerability, including remediation suggestions.

Uncover weak security strategies in your mobile app

Expose and exploit mobile app security flaws

Test mobile apps on all platforms and OS

Fix the flaws and keep your mobile app secure

Continuous security with automated scanning

Uncover threats 24/7 with 12 months of automated vulnerability scans included with Target Defense penetration tests.

Top 10 mobile app vulnerabilities

Target Defense’s penetration testers are experts in their field, with experience in a wide variety of mobile apps. Here are the top 10 vulnerabilities we find in our mobile app pen testing:

Mobile certificate pinning
SSL misconfiguration
App Transport Security (ATS) disabled
Extraneous mobile application permissions
Installation on rooted devices
Application permissions
Application debugging
Certificate pinning
Hard-coded keys or credentials
Input validation

Best standards of mobile app pen testing

Our experienced security testers use static and dynamic application security testing (SAST and DAST). A SAST source-code assessment is a great way to discover security vulnerabilities introduced by poor coding practices. In this way, SAST is a vital part of securing your software development lifecycle (SDLC), preventing data breaches from the get-go.

Your need a test you can trust, so our expert penetration testers are certified to testing standards, such as CREST, that are recognized across the world. Best practices are also important to us, which is why we use pre-defined methodologies, including OWASP, in our mobile app penetration tests.

Target Defense pen test methodology

Industry standard best practices are embedded into all Target Defense penetration tests

Scope definition & pre-engagement interactions

Based on your defined goals, we’ll work with you to develop a tailored testing strategy.

Intelligence gathering & threat modelling

In this reconnaissance stage, our experts use the latest groundbreaking techniques to gather as much security information as possible about the mobile apps in the scope.

Vulnerability analysis

This is the stage where our penetration testers use industry leading tools and sector knowledge to find out what is leaving your cloud assets open to attack.

Exploitation

Using a combination of pre-existing software and custom-made exploits, our cloud pen testers will attempt to infiltrate your remote infrastructure and cloud-based technologies without causing any real-world disruption to your business.

Post-exploitation

The team will determine the risks and pivot to other systems and networks if within the scope of the test. All compromised systems will be thoroughly cleaned of any scripts.

Reporting

Our security team will produce a comprehensive report with their findings. Once received, we’ll invite you for a collaborative read through. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and request further information on key aspects of your test.

Hear what our customers say

Target Defense’s expertise and technical understanding were immediately apparent. This gave us confidence that we were going to get a good service and a good outcome. We were right on both counts.

Matt Boddy, CTO

Traced

We’ve always been very impressed with the cyber security services Target Defense provide us. Their professional approach, knowledge and flexibility have ensured they have become a key trusted partner in our supply chain.

Nick Fryer

CTO, Paymentsense (Europe's largest merchant service provider)

Start protecting your business today

Get a quick quote for mobile app pen testing

Secure app data with mobile app pen testing