Developing a framework for enhancing security testing of android applications
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| author | Adedeji Olaniyi Lamina Moshood Folawiyo Yussuf Toyosi Oyinloye Pelumi Oladokun Victor Kamalu Brown |
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| contents | <div>Mobile applications have advanced a lot and now offer several features that help make our lives easier. Android is currently the most popular mobile operating system, and it is susceptible to exploitation attempts by malicious entities. This has led to an increased focus on the security of Android applications.</div> <div>This dissertation proposed the development of a framework which provides a systematic approach to testing the security of Android applications. This framework was developed based on a comprehensive review of existing security testing methodologies and tools.</div> <div>In achieving the study objectives, a test application was run on an emulator, Burp Suite was used as a proxy tool to capture HTTP and HTTPS traffic for analysis, reverse engineering was carried out, static and dynamic analysis were executed, network traffic was captured and analysed with tcpdump and Wireshark, intent sniffing was carried out, fuzz testing was discussed, and a proof-of-concept tool (automation script) was developed.</div> <div>This work covers various aspects of Android applications’ security testing, and the proposed framework provides developers with a practical and effective approach to testing the security of their Android applications, thereby improving the overall security of the Android application ecosystem.</div> |
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| spellingShingle | Developing a framework for enhancing security testing of android applications Adedeji Olaniyi Lamina Moshood Folawiyo Yussuf Toyosi Oyinloye Pelumi Oladokun Victor Kamalu Brown Penetration Testing Cybersecurity Framework Security Testing Android Application Cyber-attack <div>Mobile applications have advanced a lot and now offer several features that help make our lives easier. Android is currently the most popular mobile operating system, and it is susceptible to exploitation attempts by malicious entities. This has led to an increased focus on the security of Android applications.</div> <div>This dissertation proposed the development of a framework which provides a systematic approach to testing the security of Android applications. This framework was developed based on a comprehensive review of existing security testing methodologies and tools.</div> <div>In achieving the study objectives, a test application was run on an emulator, Burp Suite was used as a proxy tool to capture HTTP and HTTPS traffic for analysis, reverse engineering was carried out, static and dynamic analysis were executed, network traffic was captured and analysed with tcpdump and Wireshark, intent sniffing was carried out, fuzz testing was discussed, and a proof-of-concept tool (automation script) was developed.</div> <div>This work covers various aspects of Android applications’ security testing, and the proposed framework provides developers with a practical and effective approach to testing the security of their Android applications, thereby improving the overall security of the Android application ecosystem.</div> |
| title | Developing a framework for enhancing security testing of android applications |
| topic | Penetration Testing Cybersecurity Framework Security Testing Android Application Cyber-attack |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14906360 |