Application security

Secure mobile experiences from device to backend.

Manual iOS and Android security testing across application logic, local storage, transport, platform controls, and connected APIs.

01 / Overview

What is Mobile Application Security Testing?

Manual iOS and Android security testing across application logic, local storage, transport, platform controls, and connected APIs.

Hackstack Security delivers it as a scoped, agentic engagement: AI agents on local and client-approved API models expand coverage, our specialists test the logic and attack chains agents miss, and every finding is validated by a human, explained in business terms, and retested after you fix it.

  • AI agents plus manual testers
  • Human-validated findings only
  • Retest and closure status included
No High or Critical finding? No audit fee. Eligible penetration tests only. Read the terms.
02 / Outcomes

What outcomes should you expect?

Every engagement is designed around the risk your team needs to understand and the action it needs to take.

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Safer mobile releases

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Reduced data leakage risk

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Platform-specific remediation

03 / Coverage

What does mobile security testing cover?

Proven methodology plus the judgment needed to uncover context-specific risk.

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iOS and Android testing

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MASVS-aligned coverage

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Local storage and secrets review

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Transport security validation

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Reverse engineering resistance

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Backend API testing

04 / Timing

When should you run mobile security testing?

Test before a finding turns into a release delay, a customer escalation, or an incident.

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Before a major launch, migration, or architecture change

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When enterprise customers or partners request security evidence

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After meaningful changes to identity, data, integrations, or infrastructure

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When your team needs an independent view of real-world risk

05 / Technical research

Which questions do we test?

Frameworks support consistent coverage. The assessment remains driven by your architecture, trust boundaries, threat model, and business workflows.

Questions we test
  1. Can sensitive data be recovered from local storage, logs, backups, or inter-process communication?
  2. Can platform security controls be bypassed on a hostile device?
  3. Can application integrity checks or reverse-engineering controls be defeated?
  4. Do connected APIs enforce authorization independently of the mobile client?
Evidence we produce
  • Reproducible request, response, configuration, or workflow evidence
  • Attack-path narrative connecting technical behavior to business impact
  • Control-focused remediation guidance and verification criteria
06 / Methodology

How does Hackstack Security test?

Testing is scoped, evidence-led, and designed to reduce risk without creating unnecessary disruption.

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Context first

We learn the system, users, trust boundaries, and business objectives before testing begins.

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Expert-led testing

Automation supports coverage. Human analysis finds the issues that depend on judgment and context.

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Clear prioritization

Findings are ranked by exploitability, impact, and what matters to your organization.

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Remediation partnership

We stay engaged through fixes, answer engineering questions, and validate closure.

07 / Deliverables

What will you receive?

Reports are written for the people who need to make decisions, fix issues, and demonstrate improvement.

Executive summary and risk narrative

Detailed technical findings

Risk rating and prioritization

Exploit evidence and reproduction steps

Developer-friendly remediation guidance

Retest status and closure validation

08 / FAQ

Mobile Security questions, answered.

Still unsure? Ask us directly and we will reply with a proposed scope.

What does Mobile Application Security Testing include?

It covers iOS and android testing, MASVS-aligned coverage, local storage and secrets review, transport security validation, reverse engineering resistance, and backend API testing. Each engagement is scoped to your environment and ends with validated findings, remediation guidance, and a readout.

What will we receive at the end?

You receive an executive summary, detailed technical findings with exploit evidence and reproduction steps, risk ratings, developer-ready remediation guidance, and retest status. The goal is safer mobile releases, reduced data leakage risk, platform-specific remediation.

Which frameworks guide the testing?

Coverage is aligned with OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard, OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide, OWASP API Security Top 10, then shaped by your architecture, trust boundaries, and business workflows.

Do you use AI agents or only manual testing?

Both. AI agents running on self-hosted local models, and on API-based models when you approve them, handle reconnaissance, surface mapping, fuzzing, and hypothesis generation, while our specialists test business logic and chained attacks manually. Every result is validated by a practitioner before it is reported.

Can you support remediation and retesting?

Yes. We walk your engineers through findings, answer implementation questions, and retest agreed fixes to document final status for stakeholders and auditors.

What if the test finds no High or Critical vulnerabilities?

This assessment is eligible for our guarantee: if the final report contains no validated High or Critical finding, you are not charged the audit fee, subject to the guarantee terms agreed in your statement of work.

Start with a focused conversation

Ready to strengthen your mobile security?

Share your targets, deadline, and any compliance driver. We reply with a proposed scope, test approach, and timeline. There is no obligation.