2015 – iosec.in

iOS Mobile Application Security Assessment for Beginners

Why Mobile Application Security?

With the ever increasing penetration of Mobile apps into our day to day life, it’s imperative that Mobile Applications will be at the behest of hackers and Security professionals likewise.

Thanks to phenomenal advances in mobile device capabilities, everything from shopping, banking, recharge, booking tickets and many such activities are performed with the help of a smart phone alone. Hackers are finding more ways to steal data through mobile applications.

Shekhar Suman March 10, 2015

Web Security

Understanding and Testing Web Services – Part 1

Most of the time folks find it really difficult to test web services. It is because we don't have proper knowledge of web services. Before any testing it is important to understand the system, we should know what can be the positive and negative sides of the technology and implementations of that application. Lets dive into the depth of web service testing. To provide a better security solution to the web service we should have a brief understanding of web services, their architectural styles, their constraints and their characteristics that are responsible for their strength as well as weakness.

Shekhar Suman February 11, 2015

Linux

Shadows are there to protect your Passwords (How Shadow-Utils is storing your password in Linux)

Our world would have been exponentially more peaceful if there was no fear of theft. We would’ve left our doors open but still enjoyed our privacy and security. Unfortunately looking at the current scenario, that’s a rather impossible fiasco. And hence the need for doors and locks.

A similar case is applicable for the digital world where we have to assure complete data security. The simplest yet most important way to protect ones data even today remains with the use of passwords and robust access management systems.

Shekhar Suman January 20, 2015