This week, Charl van der Walt and I (Saurabh) spoke at Mobile Security Summit organized by IIR (http://www.iir.co.za/detail.php?e=2389). Charl was the keynote speaker and presented his insight on the impact of the adoption of mobile devices throughout Africa and the subsequent rise of security related risks. During his talk, he addressed the following: Understanding the need for mobile security to be taken seriously in Africa Analysing the broader implications for…
This blog post steps through how to convert encrypted iPhone application bundles into plaintext application bundles that are easier to analyse. Requirements: 1) Jailbroken iPhone with OpenSSH, gdb plus other utilities (com.ericasadun.utilities etc. etc.) 2) An iPhone app 3) On your machine: otool (comes with iPhone SDK) Hex editor (0xED, HexWorkshop etc.) Ida – Version 5.2 through 5.6 supports remote debugging of iPhone applications (iphone_server). For this article, I will…
Salut à tous, It’s that time of the year again and like every year, we’ll once again be running our ever-popular “BOOTCAMP EDITION” at the BlackHat Briefings in Las Vegas this July-August. This course is part of our established Hacking by Numbers series. BUT, this year, only the name remains the same. We are slaving away at making this course cutting edge, providing you with a hands-on hacking experience on…