Mobile Application Security and Penetration Testing Corporate Training
Instructor-led mobile app security training with hands-on penetration testing labs.
Your team learns to break mobile apps the way attackers do. Over 24 hours of guided labs, they master static and dynamic analysis, traffic interception, platform attacks on Android and iOS, and backend testing, then prove it in a full capstone engagement.
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How we build a mobile-savvy offensive security team
The Edstellar CYBERSECURITY Capability Model
Diagnose
We assess your team's mobile testing maturity, tooling, and app portfolio.
Standardize
We align on scoping, device handling, and a repeatable mobile testing methodology.
Practice
Your team runs guided labs on reversing, interception, platform attacks, and reporting.
Measure
We track finding quality, exploit success, and report readiness across the cohort.
Scale
Graduates test releases in-house and feed findings into your secure SDLC.
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Program Overview: What is Mobile Application Security and Penetration Testing?
Mobile Application Security & Penetration Testing is Edstellar's instructor-led technical program for security testers, appsec engineers, and mobile developers responsible for hardened Android and iOS applications. Participants work through lab setup, static analysis and reverse engineering, network interception and API testing, platform-specific attacks, and backend and supply-chain vectors. The focus stays on the full offensive workflow behind a credible mobile penetration test.
Training is hands-on from the first module. Participants stand up instrumented devices and emulators in guided labs, then tear down real app binaries with static analysis and reverse-engineering tooling. Instructors coach your team through intercepted API traffic, Android and iOS platform attacks, and the backend and supply-chain angles attackers actually use, reviewing every exercise with direct feedback. The program closes with a capstone: a full mobile app penetration test.
Mobile teams often ship apps that pass functional QA while storing secrets in cleartext, trusting client-side checks, and leaking data through misconfigured APIs. This program teaches your testers to think like the attacker who finds those flaws first, and your developers to close them properly. Every technique is practiced in labs, so the learning transfers directly to your app pipeline.
In the capstone your team executes a full mobile app penetration test against a target build: reconnaissance, static and dynamic analysis, API exploitation, and platform attacks, written up as a professional report with severity ratings and remediation guidance. What returns to your security practice is a tester who produces findings developers can actually fix.
Every concept is practiced against vulnerable lab apps that mirror real-world mobile products. Your team works with the same tooling professionals use daily, including decompilers, interception proxies, and runtime instrumentation frameworks, and finishes with a capstone engagement that proves job-ready skill.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
Guided labs
Hands-on exercises in every module.
- 2
Capstone test
Full mobile engagement simulation with reporting.
- 3
Tool walkthroughs
Decompilers, proxies, and instrumentation deep dives.
- 4
Report templates
Professional finding and executive report formats.
- 24 hours of instructor-led training
- Dedicated mobile lab environment per learner
- Flexible virtual, onsite, or hybrid delivery
- Course materials and lab guides
- Capstone engagement with instructor review
- Completion certificate per participant
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Mobile Application Security and Penetration Testing Course Topics and Program Outline
A tailored 24-hour, six-module workshop: one learning journey from mobile lab setup to a capstone penetration test. Sessions pair concepts with labs on real-world mobile attack scenarios. Materials include lab guides and report templates, plus a capstone engagement assessment.
Built by Edstellar with mobile security practitioners
Built by penetration testers who break mobile apps in production, shaped around your stack and use cases.
We map your team's mobile security skills and device lab readiness before day one.
Instructors teach mobile architectures, reversing, and interception with live demos.
Your team runs guided labs: decompiling, traffic attacks, and platform exploitation.
Learners execute a full mobile app penetration test and deliver a professional report.
Every lab runs against vulnerable mobile apps that mirror real-world products.
Delivered as
Delivered instructor-led over consecutive days or split weeks, with lab access throughout the program.
Install emulators, configure a rooted test device, and snapshot a clean mobile lab state.
learna)Android and iOS security architectures
b)Setting up emulators, rooted devices, and test harnesses
c)Mobile app attack surface mapping
d)Lab: install and configure the mobile test bench
Decompile a lab APK, extract embedded secrets, and map the app's sensitive logic.
learna)Decompiling APKs and IPAs
b)Smali, bytecode, and binary analysis
c)Secrets, keys, and hardcoded credential discovery
d)Obfuscation and anti-tampering controls
e)Lab: reverse a sample app and document findings
Route app traffic through a proxy, bypass pinning, and exploit broken API authorization.
practicea)Proxying mobile traffic with interception tools
b)Certificate pinning and bypass techniques
c)REST and GraphQL API attack patterns
d)Session, token, and auth flow testing
e)Lab: intercept traffic and exploit an insecure API
Abuse an insecure deep link, hook a running app, and bypass local authentication.
practicea)Insecure data storage on device
b)Deep links, intents, and IPC abuse
c)Biometric and local authentication bypass
d)Runtime instrumentation and method hooking
e)Lab: exploit storage and IPC flaws on both platforms
Exploit an exposed backend store through the mobile app and write developer-ready fixes.
applya)Backend misconfiguration and cloud storage exposure
b)Push notification and third-party SDK risks
c)Mobile supply-chain and build pipeline threats
d)Lab: chain a backend flaw to data exposure
Deliver a complete mobile penetration test with a professional findings report.
applya)Scoped end-to-end mobile engagement
b)Combined static, dynamic, and backend testing
c)Professional finding write-ups
d)Lab: deliver a complete mobile pentest with report
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
Practical mobile security testing skills your team applies immediately after the program.
Mobile Lab Setup
Build and maintain a mobile testing bench with emulators and devices.
Static Analysis
Decompile apps and find hardcoded secrets and weak crypto.
Traffic Interception
Proxy mobile traffic and defeat certificate pinning in the lab.
API Security Testing
Find broken authorization and injection flaws in mobile backends.
Android and iOS Attacks
Exploit storage, IPC, deep links, and runtime weaknesses.
Backend Exposure Review
Trace app flaws into cloud and backend data exposure.
Professional Reporting
Write findings and remediation guidance developers can act on.
Teams that Benefit from this Mobile Application Security and Penetration Testing Group Training
Security practitioners who protect mobile products and customer data. Content adapts to role and experience, so each cohort practices the workflows it owns, from appsec reviews to dedicated mobile pentesting.
Find mobile flaws before release
Application security engineers learn to test mobile builds systematically.
Workflow friction
- Untested release candidates
- Findings developers ignore
- Backend blind spots
How the program helps
- Test mobile builds systematically
- Prioritize findings by exploitability
- Guide developer fixes
Practice use cases
- Pre-release testing
- API security
- Remediation guidance
Ship apps that resist attack
Developers learn how their code gets broken and how to fix it.
Workflow friction
- Security as an afterthought
- Recurring mobile flaws
- Slow security reviews
How the program helps
- See code flaws exploited
- Apply secure mobile patterns
- Reduce retest cycles
Practice use cases
- Secure coding
- Fix validation
- Release readiness
Add security to the test plan
QA engineers extend functional testing with security checks.
Workflow friction
- No security test coverage
- Late-stage surprises
- Tooling gaps
How the program helps
- Add security test cases
- Catch flaws before release
- Speak the security language
Practice use cases
- Security test cases
- Regression checks
- Release gates
Understand the mobile threat
Defenders learn how mobile attacks unfold to tune detection.
Workflow friction
- Mobile blind spots
- Untested detection rules
- Incident unknowns
How the program helps
- Recognize mobile attack signs
- Tune mobile telemetry
- Validate controls
Practice use cases
- Threat modeling
- Detection tuning
- Incident response
Each department track adapts the labs to the systems and workflows your team owns.
Prerequisites: Best suited to security analysts, developers, and QA engineers with basic networking and app concepts. No prior mobile hacking experience is required. We calibrate lab difficulty to each cohort's platforms and app portfolio, so beginners build foundations while experienced testers sharpen advanced techniques.
Security analyst to mobile pentester
Move from mobile foundations to advanced platform attacks and reporting as module depth increases.
One program that grows with security careers, from first mobile lab to confident engagement delivery.
Mixed cohort, or several teams at once?
We can tailor the training to different teams, roles, and experience levels within the same program.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Virtual, Onsite and Hybrid
Choose the format that fits your team. Every mode includes the same labs, capstone, and instructor access.
Hybrid Training
Split between live sessions and self-paced lab time with instructor support throughout.
- Live instructor sessions plus guided lab blocks
- Flexible scheduling across time zones
- Shared lab environment with instructor oversight
- Same capstone and reporting as other modes
Onsite Training
We run the program at your office or facility with our portable lab setup.
- Training at your own location
- Labs on your network segment or ours
- Direct access to the instructor all week
- Team exercises built around your estate
Live Virtual Training
Fully remote delivery with cloud-hosted labs and live instructor interaction.
- Live virtual classroom with the instructor
- Cloud labs, no local setup needed
- Breakout rooms for team exercises
- Recorded demos for later review
Need a training format that works for your team?
Full days, half days across weeks, or split by module. Tell us the delivery window and we schedule the cohort around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Share your team size, timelines, and delivery preference, and we will send a detailed per-group quote with batch options.
Yes. A short call aligns the curriculum, lab setup, and target environment with your team's goals.
Yes. Live virtual delivery includes cloud-hosted labs, so nobody needs local setup.
Yes. Onsite delivery brings the instructor and a portable lab setup to your location.
The program runs 24 hours, typically over three to four days, with lab access throughout.
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Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
Mobile security testing follows secure coding and Android security, because testers need to understand how apps are built and protected first. With that base, your team runs structured tests across mobile apps, then goes deeper into iOS-specific testing.
Why Choose Edstellar as Your Mobile Application Security and Penetration Testing Training Provider
Edstellar delivers corporate mobile security training that turns analysts into capable mobile testers.
EXPERT TRAINERS
YEARS DELIVERING
ORGANIZATIONS TRAINED
CERTIFIED
Tailored
Scenarios, lab apps, and tooling are tuned to your mobile stack before the program starts.
Proven Methodology
A repeatable test workflow your team can reuse on every mobile release.
Practice-Based Learning
Guided labs in every module plus a full capstone test on a vulnerable mobile app.
Expert Trainers
Working mobile security testers teach the tradecraft they use on live client engagements.
Global Scale
Consistent delivery across regions and time zones for distributed security teams.
Measurable Outcomes
Capstone reports and lab performance show exactly what each learner can now deliver.
Develop Evidence-Based Mobile Security Testing Within Controlled Application Labs
Edstellar connects mobile application risks with disciplined testing and actionable reporting. Participants establish isolated labs, inspect application logic, and examine network and platform behavior before reviewing backend exposure. The final assessment is evaluated for reproducible evidence, appropriate test scope, and clear remediation guidance for developers rather than vulnerability counts alone.
- Step 01
Consult
We review networking, application, and testing experience to identify priorities in mobile lab setup, static analysis, traffic inspection, platform behavior, and security reporting.
- Step 02
Plan
We establish controlled mobile environments before static analysis and API testing, then examine platform and backend weaknesses ahead of the complete application assessment.
- Step 03
Align
We align mobile security expertise with analysts, developers, and QA engineers, calibrating Android and iOS lab difficulty to their platform experience and testing responsibilities.
- Step 04
Customize
Designated lab applications and fictional backend records reflect relevant mobile architectures, keeping all testing within the controlled environment and separate from operational apps or user data.
- Step 05
Execute
Participants analyze lab applications, inspect traffic, and validate platform and backend findings, receiving feedback on test reasoning, reproducible evidence, and developer-ready remediation explanations.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We assess the mobile test report for clearly bounded scope, reproducible findings, supported impact explanations, and practical fixes that address the demonstrated application weaknesses.
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Mobile Application Security & Penetration Testing Training Training Packages & Pricing
Where L&D holds an annual budget, license packages price the whole year at once instead of raising a purchase order per workshop. Hours and licenses are pooled across teams, programs and locations, so unused capacity is not stranded in one department.
Starter
120
trainee licenses64 hours of group training
Tailored for SMBs
Growth
320
trainee licenses160 hours of group training
Ideal for growing SMBs
Enterprise
800
trainee licenses400 hours of group training
Designed for large corporations
Custom
Unlimited
trainee licensesDuration set by the rollout
Multi-region and multi-year
Training Packages & Pricing
Choose the training format that works for your team. Pricing is customized based on your requirements, cohort size, and delivery needs.
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