Android Apps Security : Mitigate Hacking Attacks and Security Breaches

Gain the information you need to design secure, useful, high-performing apps that expose end-users to as little risk as possible. This book shows you how to best design and develop Android apps with security in mind: explore concepts that you can use to secure apps and how you can use and incorporate these security features into your apps. **What You Will Learn** * Identify data that should be secured * Use the Android APIs to ensure confidentiality and integrity of data * Build secure apps for the enterprise * Implement Public Key Infrastructure and encryption APIs in apps * Master owners, access control lists, and permissions to allow user control over app properties * Manage authentication, transport layer encryption, and server-side security **Who This Book Is For** Experienced Android app developers. Android Apps Security provides guiding principles for how to best design and develop Android apps with security in mind. It explores concepts that can be used to secure apps and how developers can use and incorporate these security features into their apps. This book will provide developers with the information they need to design useful, high-performing, and secure apps that expose end-users to as little risk as possible. Overview of Android OS versions, features, architecture and security. Detailed examination of areas where attacks on applications can take place and what controls should be implemented to protect private user data In-depth guide to data encryption, authentication techniques, enterprise security and applied real-world examples of these concepts "Gain the information you need to design secure, useful, high-performing apps that expose end-users to as little risk as possible. This book shows you how to best design and develop Android apps with security in mind: explore concepts that you can use to secure apps and how you can use and incorporate these security features into your apps. You will: Identify data that should be secured Use the Android APIs to ensure confidentiality and integrity of data Build secure apps for the enterprise Implement Public Key Infrastructure and encryption APIs in apps Master owners, access control lists, and permissions to allow user control over app properties Manage authentication, transport layer encryption, and server-side security."--Publisher's description Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 1-15 Recap of Secure Development Principles (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 17-33 App Licensing and SafetyNet (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 35-56 Securing Your Apps at Scale (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 57-89 Hacking Your App (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 91-119 The Tool Bag (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 121-144 Hacking Your App #2 (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 145-172 Rooting Your Android Device (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 173-223 Bypassing SSL Pinning (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 225-265 Looking Ahead (Sheran Gunasekera)....Pages 267-290 Back Matter ....Pages 291-294