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Mobile & API Pentesting

REST, GraphQL, OWASP API Top 10, mobile binaries — client trust ends at your API.

Overview

Mobile apps and their APIs form one attack surface; their testing must be seamless. We decompile binaries, trace exported endpoints, and attack them the way a real attacker would.

For APIs we go beyond fuzzing: business-logic manipulation, authorization gaps between identities, and GraphQL introspection/gating issues.

What makes this engagement different

Comprehensive manual testing beyond automated scans

Attack simulation of real-world scenarios

Platform-specific threats analyzed deeply (iOS & Android)

Validated findings with proof of exploitation

Aligned with industry standards

Mobile and API assessments follow the OWASP Testing Guides to the letter: MAStG and MASVS for the mobile layer, the OWASP API Top 10 for the backend, with process references from NIST and OSSTMM framing the engagement.

OWASP MASTGOWASP MASVSOWASP API Top 10NIST SP 800-115

How the testing works

Four testing layers working from the binary to the database

Dynamic analysis (DAST)

Assess the app in its running state to surface vulnerabilities that live only in runtime behavior.

Static analysis (SAST)

Review source and decompiled code for flaws fixed cheapest before deployment.

Reverse engineering

Decompile and inspect the binary for hardcoded secrets, weak integrity checks and client-side trust mistakes.

API security testing

Attack every endpoint the app talks to — REST and GraphQL — for authz gaps, injection and unsafe data exchange.

Everything you need for compliance

Reports are structured so the same evidence package satisfies client audits: SOC 2 Type II tests, ISO 27001 risk treatment, HIPAA assessments and PCI-DSS revalidation for payment flows.

GDPRSOC 2ISO 27001HIPAAPCI DSS

Deliverables

Everything you receive, beyond the findings list

Pentest report

Comprehensive, navigable documentation of every finding with severity and evidence.

Fix recommendations

Remediation guidance written for your platform stack, not boilerplate.

Shared Slack channel

Direct line to the testers throughout the engagement.

Free fix retesting

Deployed fixes are retested until verification confirms resolution.

Attestation letter

Formal confirmation of test completion for stakeholders and auditors.

Technical walkthrough

Live presentation of results with your mobile and backend engineers.

What we test

OWASP API Top 10 (BOLA, broken auth, unrestricted access)

GraphQL: introspection, batching abuse, field-level authz

Insecure direct-object access, mass assignment

Mobile binary reverse engineering, hardcoded secrets

Certificate pinning & trust validation bypass paths

Data storage: keys/tokens in localStorage/keystore

Mobile deep-links, exportable activities, webviews

Attack scenarios we model

Scenario 01

User A calls an admin-only GraphQL field due to missing field-level auth.

Scenario 02

Unsigned mobile build phones home to an unauthenticated config endpoint.

Scenario 03

Token theft converts a device-session to a full web session.

Scenario 04

API pagination allows full dataset exfiltration via Enumeration.

What a finding looks like

highCVSS 8.2

BOLA: /api/v1/orders/{id} ignores user ownership

Order IDs are sequential integers without ownership validation. Iterating 1..n returns every tenant's orders with addresses and phone numbers.

Remediation

Bind order objects to the requesting user/tenant at the service layer; use non-sequential IDs; add per-entity regression tests.

CVSSv3.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Methodology & tooling

  • OWASP MASVS/ASVS
  • Burp Suite
  • Frida
  • MobSF
  • Postman
  • GraphQL Voyager

Staying ahead of the latest hacking techniques

Attackers chase newer, quieter channels: new deeplink tricks, fresh CVEs, novel certificate-pinning bypasses. Our testers track these before public frameworks do.

  • Simulate the persistence and creativity of real attackers
  • Track attacker tactics, techniques and tooling
  • Test emerging weaknesses — not just published CVEs
  • Prioritize the issues with real business impact

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FAQ

Security buyer questions, answered

Everything CTOs and CISOs ask us before scoping.

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