Synopses & Reviews
They can crack the code. Here's how to stop them.The world loves iOS. Users love the convenience. Black hats love the vulnerability. This book arms you with the knowledge and tools to protect your organization's iOS devices. If you're a developer, it will also help you create hack-resistant applications.
These highly qualified iOS experts review iOS security architecture, examine the internals, and reveal the vulnerabilities. They show you how iOS jailbreaks work and explore encryption, code signing and memory protection, sandboxing, iPhone fuzzing, exploitation, ROP payloads, and baseband attacks. Here's a complete toolkit for defending your iOS devices.
Examine the internals and identify the vulnerabilities of iOS
Explore all the elements of encryption, vulnerability hunting, and exploit writing
Review some common payloads and see what can and can't be done on iOS with ROP
Learn more about kernel debugging and exploitation, with an overview of kernel structure and a look at auditing IOKit drivers
Look at techniques for fuzzing PDF and PowerPoint® documents in MobileSafari
Study different jailbreak types
Companion website
Source code and additional tools are available at www.wiley.com/go/ioshackershandbook
Synopsis
This book discusses the internals of iOS. It explains how the operating system works, security risks associated with it, how it can be used in the Enterprise, and the overall security architecture of the operating system. It explains how vulnerabilities can be found in it, exploits developed for it, and rootkits and other payloads developed for it. There is no other book that comes close to covering iOS on this level and the book is written by a panel of some of the world’s leading experts in iOS.
Overview
iOS Security Architecture
iOS vulnerability hunting and exploit writing
iOS enterprise and encryption
How iOS jailbreaks work
Specifically, the book will cover: iOS in the Enterprise , Encryption, Code signing and memory protections, Sandboxing, iPhone Fuzzing, Exploitation , ROP payloads, Rootkits, Kernel Debugging and Exploitation, Jailbreaking , Baseband attacks
Synopsis
Discover all the security risks and exploits that can threaten iOS-based mobile devicesiOS 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 work
- Explores iOS enterprise and encryption, code signing and memory protection, sandboxing, iPhone fuzzing, exploitation, ROP payloads, and baseband attacks
- Also 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.
About the Author
Charlie Miller is Principal Research Consultant at Accuvant Labs and a four-time CanSecWest Pwn2Own winner.
Dionysus Blazakis is an expert on iOS and OS X sandbox security mechanisms.
Dino Dai Zovi is coauthor of The Mac Hacker's Handbook and a popular conference speaker.
Stefan Esser is a PHP security expert and leading researcher of iOS security topics.
Vincenzo Iozzo is an independent security researcher focused on Mac OS X and smartphones.
Ralf-Philipp Weinmann holds a PhD in cryptography and has an extensive security background.
Table of Contents
Introduction xv
Chapter 1 iOS Security Basics 1
Chapter 2 iOS in the Enterprise 15
Chapter 3 Encryption 47
Chapter 4 Code Signing and Memory Protections 69
Chapter 5 Sandboxing 107
Chapter 6 Fuzzing iOS Applications 139
Chapter 7 Exploitation 185
Chapter 8 Return-Oriented Programming 219
Chapter 9 Kernel Debugging and Exploitation 249
Chapter 10 Jailbreaking 297
Chapter 11 Baseband Attacks 327
Appendix References 365
Index 369