7 Essential Tools for Ethical Hackers (Part II)

Building upon the success of our previous article, '17 Essential Tools for Ethical Mobile Hackers,' this new blog post delves deeper into the top tools for mobile hacking, offering invaluable insights and recommendations to elevate your cybersecurity strategy.

Keep reading to get to know these useful tools and how to use them:

1. Drozer

This comprehensive security assessment framework for Android devices enables ethical hackers to identify security vulnerabilities and conduct penetration testing. With its modular architecture, Drozer offers a wide range of functionalities, including finding content providers, exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities, and more.

2. MobSF (Mobile Security Framework)

MobSF is an open-source, intelligent, automated mobile application security testing tool that can be used for Android and iOS apps. It performs dynamic and static analysis, vulnerability assessments, and generates detailed reports, aiding ethical hackers in identifying and mitigating security risks.

3. Needle

Needle is an iOS security testing framework that assists ethical hackers in performing advanced security assessments on iOS applications. It includes modules for runtime analysis, static analysis, and other testing methodologies, making it a valuable addition to the ethical hacker's toolkit.

4. AndroBugs Framework

AndroBugs Framework is an Android vulnerability analysis system that provides an automated mechanism for identifying security issues in Android applications. It performs static analysis on APK files and generates detailed reports, helping ethical hackers prioritize and address security flaws effectively.

5. QARK (Quick Android Review Kit)

QARK is a static code analysis tool that helps ethical hackers identify security vulnerabilities in Android applications. It automatically detects common security issues such as insecure data storage, unintended data leakage, and more, enabling ethical hackers to conduct thorough security assessments.

6. Cycript

Cycript is a powerful scripting language for iOS that allows ethical hackers to manipulate running applications dynamically. It provides a REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) interface, enabling real-time interaction with iOS applications, inspecting objects, and executing arbitrary code, making it a valuable asset for iOS application security testing.

7. SQLMap

SQLMap is a popular open-source penetration testing tool that automates the process of detecting and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities in web applications. While primarily designed for web applications, SQLMap can also be used to assess the security of mobile applications that interact with backend databases, providing ethical hackers with a comprehensive assessment of the application's security posture.