iOS App Security Basics

Have you ever exposed your company to intellectual or financial loss? Have you ever written an app that doesn’t have security and privacy in mind? Join in the talk by our invited speaker from Poland, Maciej, to get to know iOS security basics and best practices to build secure apps!

https://www.meetup.com/CocoaHeads-Tricity/events/237364434/

Transcript

8. codesign -dv --verbose=4 Xcode.app/
10. How secure iOS is?
12. iOS Security Pillars • opera&ng system • so$ware updates • building secure apps
13. ! & OS • Secure Enclave • Passcode • TouchID • Secure Boot • Code Signing • Sandboxing
14. Updates • 1.2% Android devices → Android 7.x Nougat [Feb 6th, 2017] • 76% iOS devices → iOS 10 [Jan 4th, 2017]
15. Building Secure Apps • Network • Data Protec.on • Inter-Process Communica.on (IPC) • Jailbreak - detec.on & ac.on
16. Our apps can be under a-ack...
17. Why apps can be a,acked? • !!! financial transac,ons • PCI - Personal Card Informa,on " • PII - Personal Iden,fiable Informa,on # • PHI - Personal Health Informa,on $
21. Who might be an a-acker? • ! Criminals • Business compe1tors " • # Internet Service Providers (ISP) • Governments $ • ❤ Roman1c partners, family, friends
22. When can they a*ack? • Direct access • No passcode • Jailbroken • Malware • Zero-day device
23. Building Secure Apps
24. Network • Secure connec*on (HTTPS) • App Transport Security (ATS) • Cer*ficate pinning • Cer*ficate Transparency (new mechanism)
25. Data Protec*on • FileProtec+onType → .complete or .completeUnlessOpen • Creden+als → Keychain • Default Snapshot → replaced • UIPasteboard → cleared • Custom keyboard extensions → disabled • Database files → exclude from backup
26. Inter-Process Communica1on (IPC) • URL Schemes • ❌ application:handleOpenURL: • ✔ application:openURL:options: • validate Bundle ID & URL params
27. Source code • @inline(__always) • class guard obfusca.on
29. Jailbreak • Cydia app • access outside sandbox • fork a process • method hooks & code injec1on • debugger a4ached • non-standard ports open
30. Jailbreak - how to live? • slow down an a*acker • wipe out sensi3ve data • mark account as fraudolent on backend
31. How secure your app is?
35. Materials Security @ swi-ing.io My Cards project Replace snapshot example Protect store example Disable keyboard extensions example Validate IPC example
36. Materials Apple's iOS Security Guide Apple's Secure Coding Guide WWDC 2016 - How iOS Security Really Works WWDC 2016 - What's New in Security XcodeGhost Bypassing Jailbreak DetecHon