In an era where mobile applications are a crucial part of our daily lives, the security of these applications, especially Android apps, has become paramount. As per a report by Statista, in 2022, there were 1802 data breaches in the United States, with over 422.14 million individuals affected.
Penetration testing is an important component of the security strategy of any organisation. A well-conducted pen test can help IT teams ensure that their defences are up to par and are capable of protecting businesses and organisations against cyber security attacks.
This is the second part of the “A Deep Dive into Penetration Testing of macOS Application” blog series. In the first part, we learned about macOS applications and their structure and demonstrated how to build a dummy application. We also talked about System Integrity Protection (SIP) and how to configure common network interception tools. Part two will dive deep into file and binary analysis.