Mobile technology and Smartphone devices are the two famous terms that we frequently used in this world. We use smartphones for not only calling facilities, but also for Money transactions, clicking pictures, files/images transfer by bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and so on. There are different reasons to say why mobile application security testing is necessary. Few of them are – To prevent fraud attacks on the mobile application, virus or malware infection to the mobile application, to prevent security breaches, and so on.
So from a business point of view, it is necessary to perform security testing. However most of the time testers find it troublesome since mobile applications are focused on multiple devices and platforms. So tester requires a mobile application security testing tool which ensures that the mobile application is secure. Here we will discuss some mobile app security tools to use in 2020.
Top 10 mobile app security tools to use in 2020-
1. Zed Attack Proxy-
The OWASP ZAP is one of the world’s most popular mobile application security testing tools that is free to use and is effectively maintained by hundreds of volunteers around the world. This tool is simple and also easy to use. Prior it was used just for web applications to discover the vulnerabilities however right now. All the testers use it for mobile application security testing. ZAP supports sending malicious messages, hence it is simpler for the testers to test the security of the mobile applications. This type of testing is possible by sending any request or file through a malicious message and test whether a mobile application is vulnerable to the malicious message or not.
Key Features:
- It is very easy to install.
- ZAP is available in 20 different languages.
- It is an international community-based tool which provides support and includes active development by international volunteers.
- This tool is also a great for manual security testing.
2. QARK-
QARK stands for “Quick Android Review Kit” and it was developed by LinkedIn. The name itself proposes that it is useful for the Android platform to recognize security loopholes in the mobile application source code and APK files. QARK is a static code analysis tool. It provides information about android application related security risk and also gives a clear and brief description of issues. QARK generates ADB (Android Debug Bridge) commands which will help to validate the vulnerability that QARK detects.
Key Features:
- It is an open-source tool.
- It gives detailed information about security vulnerabilities.
- QARK will generate a report about potential vulnerability and provide information about what to do so as to fix them.
- It features the issue related with the Android version.
- QARK scans all the components in the mobile application for misconfiguration and security threats.
- It makes a custom application for testing purposes as APK and recognizes the potential issues.
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