iOS Hacker's Handbook

by Charlie Miller, Dion Blazakis, Dino DaiZovi

Discover all the security risks and exploits that can threaten iOS-based mobile devices

iOS is Apple's mobile operating system for the iPhone and iPad. With the introduction of iOS5, many security issues have come to light. This book explains and discusses them all. The award-winning author team, experts in Mac and iOS security, examines the vulnerabilities and the internals of iOS to show how attacks can be mitigated. The book explains how the operating system works, its overall security architecture, and the security risks associated with it, as well as exploits, rootkits, and other payloads developed for it. Covers iOS security architecture, vulnerability hunting, exploit writing, and how iOS jailbreaks workExplores iOS enterprise and encryption, code signing and memory protection, sandboxing, iPhone fuzzing, exploitation, ROP payloads, and baseband attacksAlso examines kernel debugging and exploitation Companion website includes source code and tools to facilitate your efforts

"iOS Hacker's Handbook" arms you with the tools needed to identify, understand, and foil iOS attacks.

Genres: Hackers, Programming, Management, Business, Technology

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Vasil Kolev · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book has a lot of good content, but not all of it is at the same level - the first few chapters are too basic (and boring), and there are some at the end which get really deep into the firmware/hardware.

Also, there are long listings of code which are mostly irrelevant (and available online), which seem to be there mostly to pad the book.

Otherwise, there's a lot of stuff there that helps you understand the iPhones better and a lot of information on how to write good exploits.

[Mostfa · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Beck Frost · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good reference material. Very technical in places. Works well with the Apple Security White Pages as being the generic over view.

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[Tony B · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is a lot of good content and research but I doubt how much of it could be used in real action. This book felt like more theory than practice.