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Hacking Mobile Devices

  • Mobile devices run specialized operating systems with security problems.
  • Students will learn how mobile operating systems and apps work, how to find and exploit vulnerabilities and how to defend them.
  • Topics will include phone call, voicemail, SMS intrusion, jailbreaking, rooting, NFC attacks, malware, browser exploitation, and application vulnerabilities.

Course Overview

Overall Proficiency Level
3 - Advanced
Course Catalog Number
CNIT 128
Course Prerequisites
  • ADVISE: CNIT 113 and CNIT 123
Training Purpose
Functional Development
Skill Development
Specific Audience
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Delivery Method
Classroom
Course Location

50 Phelan Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94112

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Learning Objectives

  1. Assess the risks of using mobile devices for common activities such as making phone calls, emailing, and shopping.
  2. Perform jailbreaks for iOS devices and analyze the Android security model and rooting.
  3. Differentiate and describe types of mobile malware and anti-malware options.
  4. Evaluate Web browser services and attacks on mobile platforms and recommend countermeasures.
  5. Configure, deploy, and defeat locking, remote location and wiping services.
  6. Prioritize common mobile app risks and determine how and when to appropriately install and use them.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

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