iOS Hacker's Handbook

Discover all the security risks and exploits that can threaten iOS-based mobile devices iOS 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.

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