Mobile Application Security Testing

PentestHint tests Android and iOS applications for insecure storage, authentication, API exposure, and mobile security risks.

Assessment Overview

PentestHint evaluates mobile applications across the app binary, device storage, transport layer, backend APIs, and user workflows.

What We Assess

  • Insecure local storage and keychain/keystore usage
  • Token handling and session lifecycle
  • Certificate pinning and TLS validation
  • Reverse engineering and hardcoded secrets
  • Mobile API authorization
  • Deep links, intents, and platform permissions

Methodology

  • Review app package, permissions, libraries, and exposed components.
  • Observe runtime behavior, local files, logs, and network traffic.
  • Test backend APIs using mobile user roles and modified requests.
  • Evaluate platform-specific risks such as exported activities or insecure deep links.
  • Document proof with device context and remediation steps.

Evidence-Based Deliverables

  • Executive summary with business impact and risk narrative
  • Technical findings with reproducible evidence and affected assets
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap with ownership-friendly guidance
  • Retest notes validating closure or residual exposure

Standards and Frameworks

  • OWASP MASVS
  • OWASP MSTG
  • CWE
  • NIST CSF
  • ISO 27001

Business and Technical Context

Mobile Application Security Testing helps organizations connect technical observations with business impact, remediation ownership, and security program priorities. PentestHint focuses on clear evidence, practical severity ratings, and recommendations that engineering, IT, risk, and leadership teams can use during remediation planning.

The engagement output is designed to support decision-making, not just list issues. Findings are explained with affected areas, likely impact, validation notes, and next steps so teams can prioritize meaningful security improvements and prepare for retesting or control review.

Scoping considers business criticality, asset ownership, access level, assessment window, operational constraints, compliance needs, and reporting expectations. This keeps the work aligned with the actual environment while still giving teams enough technical detail to fix issues confidently.

Related controls, architecture assumptions, user roles, authentication paths, network exposure, logging visibility, and operational ownership are considered where relevant, so the final guidance supports both immediate remediation and longer-term security posture improvement.

Why PentestHint

PentestHint treats mobile testing as an ecosystem assessment, not just a binary scan.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you need source code?

Source code helps but is not mandatory. We can perform black-box and grey-box mobile assessments.

Can you test both Android and iOS?

Yes. We test Android APK/AAB and iOS IPA/TestFlight builds when provided.

Do you include backend API testing?

Yes when APIs are in scope, because many mobile risks are actually backend authorization issues.

Talk to PentestHint

Contact PentestHint to discuss scope, business context, timelines, evidence requirements, and practical next steps for improving security posture.