This comprehensive security workshop offers an easy-intermediate, immersive learning experience designed for cybersecurity professionals and developers seeking to master Android application security. The workshop takes the participants through hands-on based vulnerability analysis and exploit development techniques, which gives a head start in Android application security.
Participants will gain a holistic understanding of Android app security, encompassing both
defensive strategies and offensive security techniques. The program is meticulously crafted to equip attendees with the expertise to:
1. Identify and analyze complex security vulnerabilities in the Android application
ecosystem
2. Gain experience in handling various tools to do static and dynamic analysis
3. Find bugs in real-world Android applications
Objectives of workshop:
1. Introduction to Android Architecture and application development ecosystem.
2. Get familiar with popular Android reversing tools.
3. Identify and exploit vulnerabilities in the Android environment using various tools
Syllabus:
Module 1: Android Ecosystem (Foundational Understanding) (30 mins)
1.1. Android Architecture
1.2. Unpack the Android component ecosystem
Module 2: Static Analysis (20 mins) (Hands-on)
2.1. Reverse Engineering tools and Usecases
Module 3: Android Application Vulnerability Analysis (70 mins) (Hands-on)
3.1. Identifying Android Vulnerabilities through Static Analysis
3.2. Exploiting Android Vulnerabilities at Runtime
Akhil G Varrier blends 3 years of hands-on experience and is an expert in Web and Android Pentesting. He has also gained significant experience in reversing Android malware and has written reports about it.
Akhil is an active CTF player for Team bi0s, having participated in various international CTF competitions. His comprehensive skill set allows him to tackle both offensive and defensive security challenges with ease.