Smart Dream Archives - 7ASecurity Blog https://7asecurity.com/blog/ 7ASecurity Blog With Cybersecurity Tips and Tools Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:44:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://7asecurity.com/blog/contents/uploads/2019/06/favicon.ico Smart Dream Archives - 7ASecurity Blog https://7asecurity.com/blog/ 32 32 Hacking Apps Part 4: Common SSL Implementation Errors https://7asecurity.com/blog/2019/09/hacking-mandated-apps-part-4-how-not-to-implement-ssl/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 01:14:00 +0000 Part 1: Intro Part 2: Translating APKs Part 3: What is SSL? [ MSTG‑NETWORK‑1 ] The OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard classifies the flaw explained in this blog post, under section V5: Network Communication Requirements, as follows: MSTG‑NETWORK‑2: The TLS settings are in line with current best practices, or as close as possible if …

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]]> Hacking Apps Part 3: SSL Basics Explained https://7asecurity.com/blog/2019/09/hacking-government-mandated-apps-part-3-what-is-ssl/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:19:16 +0000 Previous blog posts you might have missed and maybe you would like to read first for background: Part 1: Intro Part 2: Translating APKs The OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard classifies the flaw explained in this blog post, under section V5: Network Communication Requirements, as follows: MSTG-NETWORK-1: Data is encrypted on the network using …

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]]> Hacking Mandated Apps - Part 2: Translating APKs https://7asecurity.com/blog/2019/09/hacking-government-mandated-apps-part-2-translating-apks/ Mon, 02 Sep 2019 02:41:26 +0000 If you missed Hacking Mandated Apps - Part 1: Intro please start there for background 🙂 Translating APKs in beautiful exotic languages As explained in the intro, the team did not get access to the sources of the app. We had to first retrieve the APK from a Korean APK download service, decompile the APK and then …

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]]> Hacking Mandated Apps - Part 1: Intro https://7asecurity.com/blog/2019/09/hacking-government-mandated-apps-part-1-intro/ Sun, 01 Sep 2019 06:48:38 +0000 NOTE: This was all coordinated work with human rights activists, vulnerabilities were reported, findings public, and talk (below) given! 🙂 Is monitoring your children something your country's government asks you to do? Do you feel you need the government's help to parent your child, technologically? What if I told you there is a country that forced its …

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