5 Best Mobile Security Testing Tools That Can Mitigate Mobile Threats

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The testing professionals further need to perform a variety of tests to ensure that the mobile app resists a variety of security threats and attacks successfully.
The security testing tools make it easier for testers to check if the information stored in the mobile app, device and platform are 100% secure. The testers also have option to choose from a variety of static, dynamic and forensic security testing tools according to the specific requirements of the mobile app testing project.
5 Commonly Used Security Testing Tools for Mobile Apps
1) OWASP Zed Attack Proxy Project (ZAP)
ZAP is designed as an easy-to-use integrated penetration testing tool. It helps experienced developers and functional testers to perform security testing of applications without putting any extra effort. The static security testing tool further allows testers to reverse engineer communication protocols and test the vulnerability of the application by designing and sending malicious messages. The malicious messages will attack the application’s server-side resources, and help testers to check if the app is secure. However, ...
... ZAP is originally designed as a penetration testing tool for web applications.
2) HP Enterprise Software
HP Enterprise software is designed with features to help users perform security testing by targeting multiple devices, platforms and networks. The testers can use the enterprise software to perform end-to-end security testing of mobile apps. They can further use the tool to analyze static resources of the application, and schedule dynamic scans at regular intervals. The tool further allows them to emulate real user experience, and find bugs in the application in a real-time environment. At present, HP Enterprise Software supports major mobile platforms like iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Blackberry.
3) Smart Phones Dumb Apps
The tool currently supports both iOS and Android mobile platforms. It is also associated with Google code repository. The testers can use the scripts provided by the Smart Phones Dumb Apps to scan the source code of iOS and Android apps. The source code scanning will help testers to identify the pieces of code that make the app vulnerable to various security attacks. The testers can further use the tool to run fortify SCA scans on the source code of Android applications written in Java programming language.
4) Android Debug Bridge (ADB)
ADB is included in Android Development Kit. The versatile command line tool enables testers to perform security testing of Android app across many devices. The testers can use ADB as a client-server tool. They also have option to connect the tool with various Android devices and emulator instances. ADB comes with features to help testers explore the file system of the mobile device. So they can easily find out the loopholes in the file system that makes the app vulnerable to various security threats.
5) IPad File Explorer
Despite its name, iPad File Explorer can be used to explore the file structure of all iOS devices. The third party tool further display the app data and media file on two distinct views. It can also read and display the app data just like normal file systems. So it becomes easier for users to view and explore the file system of the iPhone or iPad in a detailed and clear way. At the same time, they can also use the tool to explore the device storage file system of jailbroken iOS devices.
Many studies have highlighted how testers can effectuate security testing of mobile apps by combining multiple test automation tools. But it is always important for the business to pick and combine security testing tools according to the nature, usage and requirements of the mobile application to be tested.
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