Android
is one of the favorite mobile operating system, owned by Google Inc. As
Android have took over the mobile market and its users are increasing
in a great ratio. Main thing is that Android have revealed many of the
features that are waiting by all users. Its interface good and is user
handy.
Apart from the normal mobile user, techie guys also like its flexible
features that allows them to do various new task. As with this its
security concerns also headed up. Recently we have noted that many of
the cyber hackers are targeting Android users. There are many techie guys have also unrestricted the features that are restricted by its owners, Google.
So I thing the below words are familiar to them but many of them have not been aware. Here I am discussing some of the tools that are meant for the Security tester, Ethical hacker and for those guys who really explore the tech world.
Lets see 10 Android tools that are meant for hacking and hackers.
1.Hackode :- Hackode
: The hacker's Toolbox is an application for penetration tester,
Ethical hackers, IT administrator and Cyber security professional to
perform different tasks like reconnaissance, scanning performing
exploits etc.
2.Androrat:- Remote
Administration Tool for Android. Androrat is a client/server
application developed in Java Android for the client side and in
Java/Swing for the Server.
3.APKInspector:- APKinspector
is a powerful GUI tool for analysts to analyse the Android
applications. The goal of this project is to aide analysts and reverse
engineers to visualize compiled Android packages and their corresponding
DEX code.
4.DroidBox:- DroidBox is developed to offer dynamic analysis of Android applications.
5.Burp Suite:- Burp
Suite is an integrated platform for performing security testing of web
applications. Its various tools work seamlessly together to support the
entire testing process, from initial mapping and analysis of an
application's attack surface, through to finding and exploiting security
vulnerabilities.
6.zANTI:- zANTI
is a comprehensive network diagnostics toolkit that enables complex
audits and penetration tests at the push of a button. It provides
cloud-based reporting that walks you through simple guidelines to ensure
network safety.
7.Droid Sheep:- DroidSheep
can be easily used by anybody who has an Android device and only the
provider of the web service can protect the users. So Anybody can test
the security of his account by himself and can decide whether to keep on
using the web service.
8.dSploit:- dSploit is an
Android network analysis and penetration suite which aims to offer to IT
security experts/geeks the most complete and advanced professional
toolkit to perform network security assessments on a mobile device.
9.AppUse – Android Pentest Platform Unified Standalone Environment:- AppSec
Labs recently developed the AppUse Virtual Machine. This system is a
unique, free, platform for mobile application security testing in the
android environment, and it includes unique custom-made tools created by
AppSec Labs.
10.Shark for Root:- Traffic
sniffer, works on 3G and WiFi (works on FroYo tethered mode too). To
open dump use WireShark or similar software, for preview dump on phone
use Shark Reader. Based on tcpdump.
