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Mobile Application Security


Mobile Application Security

Paperback by Dwivedi, Himanshu; Clark, Chris; Thiel, David

Mobile Application Security

£54.99

ISBN:
9780071633567
Publication Date:
16 Mar 2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
Pages:
432 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 May - 1 Jun 2024
Mobile Application Security

Description

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Secure today's mobile devices and applicationsImplement a systematic approach to security in your mobile application development with help from this practical guide. Featuring case studies, code examples, and best practices, Mobile Application Security details how to protect against vulnerabilities in the latest smartphone and PDA platforms. Maximize isolation, lockdown internal and removable storage, work with sandboxing and signing, and encrypt sensitive user information. Safeguards against viruses, worms, malware, and buffer overflow exploits are also covered in this comprehensive resource. Design highly isolated, secure, and authenticated mobile applications Use the Google Android emulator, debugger, and third-party security tools Configure Apple iPhone APIs to prevent overflow and SQL injection attacks Employ private and public key cryptography on Windows Mobile devices Enforce fine-grained security policies using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Plug holes in Java Mobile Edition, SymbianOS, and WebOS applications Test for XSS, CSRF, HTTP redirects, and phishing attacks on WAP/Mobile HTML applications Identify and eliminate threats from Bluetooth, SMS, and GPS services Himanshu Dwivedi is a co-founder of iSEC Partners (www.isecpartners.com), an information security firm specializing in application security. Chris Clark is a principal security consultant with iSEC Partners. David Thiel is a principal security consultant with iSEC Partners.

Contents

Part I: Mobile Platforms; Chapter 1. Top Mobile Issues and Development Strategies; Chapter 2. Android Security; Chapter 3. The Apple iPhone; Chapter 4. Windows Mobile Security; Chapter 5. BlackBerry Security; Chapter 6. Java Mobile Edition Security; Chapter 7. SymbianOS Security; Chapter 8. WebOS Security;Part II: Mobile Services; Chapter 9. WAP and Mobile HTML Security; Chapter 10. Bluetooth Security; Chapter 11. SMS Security; Chapter 12. Mobile Geolocation; Chapter 13. Enterprise Security on the Mobile OS; Part III: Appendices; Appendix A. Mobile Malware; Appendix B. Mobile Security Penetration Testing Tools; Index

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