Category: Android

Proxying Android app traffic – Common issues / checklist (October 2026)

Latest update: October 2026 During a mobile assessment, there will typically be two sub-assessments: The mobile frontend, and the backend API. In order to examine the security of the API, you will either need extensive documentation such as Swagger or Postman files, or you can let the mobile application generate all the traffic for you … Continue reading Proxying Android app traffic – Common issues / checklist (October 2026) →

Intercepting Flutter traffic on Android (ARMv8)

In a previous blogpost, I explained my steps for reversing the flutter.so binary to identify the correct offset/pattern to bypass certificate validation. As a very quick summary: Flutter doesn't use the system's proxy settings, and it doesn't use the system's certificate store, so normal approaches don't work. My previous guide only explained how to intercept … Continue reading Intercepting Flutter traffic on Android (ARMv8) →

Solving Flaggy Bird (Google CTF 2019)

A few weekends ago we participated in the Google CTF. While we didn't make it to the top 10, we did manage to solve quite a few challenges. This is my writeup of FlaggyBird, the only mobile challenge that was available. The challenge The challenge was an .apk that did not require network connectivity. Installing … Continue reading Solving Flaggy Bird (Google CTF 2019) →

Circumventing SSL Pinning in obfuscated apps with OkHttp

TL;DR - There are many Android SSL pinning bypass scripts available for Frida. However, those don't always work on obfuscated applications. If the application uses OkHttp, there's an easy way to find a convenient place to bypass the pinning by grepping for the right SMALI string. The target For this blogpost, I've created a little … Continue reading Circumventing SSL Pinning in obfuscated apps with OkHttp →

Intercepting HTTPS Traffic from Apps on Android 7+ using Magisk & Burp

Intercepting HTTPS traffic is a necessity with any mobile security assessment. By adding a custom CA to Android, this can easily be done. As of Android Nougat, however, apps don't trust client certificates anymore unless the app explicitly enables this. In this blogpost, we present a new Magisk module, that circumvents this requirement, by automatically adding … Continue reading Intercepting HTTPS Traffic from Apps on Android 7+ using Magisk & Burp →