A “readily-vulnerable” app to test your iOS penetration skills

Feb 1, 2014 09:50 GMT  ·  By

Security buff Prateek Gianchandani is announcing the Damn Vulnerable IOS App, an upcoming tool which aims to provide a platform for geeks to test their penetration testing skills in a legal environment.

Targeting mobile security enthusiasts and professionals alike, the DVIA app is (as its creators put it) “an application that is damn vulnerable.”

“This application covers all the common vulnerabilities found in IOS applications (following OWASP top 10 mobile risks) and contains several challenges that the user can try,” reads the advert.

DVIA includes articles on iOS application security. Vulnerabilities and challenges include: Insecure Data Storage, Jailbreak Detection, Runtime Manipulation, Transport Layer Security, Client Side Injection, Information Disclosure, Broken Cryptography, and Application Patching.

Every challenge/vulnerability comes with a handy tutorial, and DVIA also offers a guide on how to get started with the Damn Vulnerable iOS App.

Version 1.0 of the app will be launched on February 4. Interested parties will require a jailbroken device to download and use the app. In other words, don’t look for this one in the iTunes Store.