Why standard mobile testing fails iOS apps
Many developers believe that Apple's walled garden and compiled Swift code provide inherent security. They assume that App Store review catches vulnerabilities, or that malicious actors cannot inspect the underlying code. Both assumptions are dangerously wrong.
Attackers use jailbroken iPhones. They decrypt your App Store binary in seconds. They attach debuggers to your live process. A secure iOS app must survive in an entirely hostile environment where the attacker controls the OS, the filesystem, and the network. We simulate exactly this scenario.
Our iOS penetration testing methodology
We conduct deep, manual penetration testing tailored specifically for the iOS ecosystem.
1. Static Analysis & Reverse Engineering
We begin by extracting and decrypting your IPA file. Using decompilers like Hopper and Ghidra, we reverse engineer the Mach-O binary. We hunt for hardcoded API keys, Firebase secrets, and cryptographic salts hidden in your Swift or Objective-C code. We also analyze your Info.plist, entitlements, and URL schemes for insecure configurations that could lead to deep-link hijacking.
2. Runtime Manipulation & SSL Pinning Bypass
We deploy your app on a jailbroken test device. Our first step is bypassing your SSL certificate pinning. Whether you use Alamofire, TrustKit, or custom NSURLSession delegates, we write custom Frida scripts to hook the validation methods in memory and force them to return "true". Once bypassed, we route all your app's API traffic through Burp Suite to hunt for Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), IDOR, and injection flaws.
3. Keychain & Local Storage Audits
We dump the iOS Keychain, UserDefaults, and local SQLite/CoreData databases. If your app stores sensitive biometric fallback passwords or permanent access tokens with weak accessibility constants, we extract them. We prove how physical access or a compromised device leads directly to user account takeover.
4. IPC & Deep Link Exploitation
If your app registers custom URL schemes or Universal Links, we attempt to exploit them. We craft malicious deep links to bypass authentication checks, force unauthorized state changes, or hijack OAuth flows intended for your application.