Some time ago I wrote some articles on how to Man-In-The-Middle Flutter on iOS, Android (ARM) and Android (ARM64). Those posts were quite popular and I often went back to copy those scripts myself. Last week, however, we received a Flutter application where the script wouldn't work anymore. As we had the source code, it … Continue reading Intercept Flutter traffic on iOS and Android (HTTP/HTTPS/Dio Pinning)
Introduction Many Android applications on the Google Play Store request a plethora of permissions to the user. In most cases, those permissions are actually required by the application to work properly, even if it is not always clear why, while other times they are plainly unnecessary for the application or are used for malicious purposes. … Continue reading How malicious applications abuse Android permissions
This blogpost explains all the steps I took while analyzing the Cabassous/FluBot malware. I wrote this while analyzing the sample and I've written down both successful and failed attempts at moving forward, as well as my thoughts/options along the way. As a result, this blogpost is not a writeup of the Cabassous/FluBot malware, but rather … Continue reading How to analyze mobile malware: a Cabassous/FluBot Case study
Latest update: February 2023 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 (2023)
TL;DR - In this post, we'll explore some mobile malware: how to create them, what they can do, and how to avoid them. Are you interested in learning more about how to protect your phone from shady figures? Then this blog post is for you. Introduction We all know the classic ideas about security on … Continue reading Backdooring Android Apps for Dummies
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)
