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Why to do Mobile Application Penetration Testing

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A mobile application penetration test is a step-by-step evaluation of the security of a mobile application. It is conducted through rigorous simulation of the conditions of an attack according to one or several established methodologies. Mobile applications have become a primary target for cybercriminals, as the importance of mobile phones is constantly growing in the financial, educational, and public services industries globally. It compels the developers to be very attentive to the security of their mobile applications. To check it, one would usually choose the offensive way of assessing the security of all the components of mobile applications or  penetration testing , as it is the most efficient method to test resilience to real-world attacks.  To conduct efficient mobile penetration testing you need to choose a reliable  provider  of the respective service with proven experience in mobile pentests, and employing ethical hackers with respective certifi...

Types of Penetration Testing

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  There exist different approaches and different types of penetration testing. One can find around different typologies and nearly any of them will include the following:   Network Pentest Wireless Network Pentest Web Application Pentest Mobile Application Pentest Social Engineering Physical Pentests It is worth noting that all the above types of pentest require special skills and knowledge, so when choosing a supplier of pentesting services, you have to ask questions about a specific experience. Typically, a well-established  penetration testing services  company will provide at least a golden trio of penetesting types: network, web, and mobile.   Network Pentesting  is one of the most common types of such security assessments, and it serves to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in the networked IT infrastructure, which includes not only firewalls, switches, and routers, but also servers, storages, workstations, printers, and so on. Such type of pente...