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[mDevCamp 2020] Reversing Android Apps
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Marc Obrador
June 11, 2020
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[mDevCamp 2020] Reversing Android Apps
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Reversing Android Apps
Marc Obrador Lead Architect @ Build38 Barcelona
[email protected]
@marcobrador /in/marc-obrador
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering It’s illegal (in the EU)!
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Josep Bernad iOS Albert Sunyer UI
Artà is in Mallorca ABF takes place (usually) in June
COVID-19 pushed it to … ?
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Get to know the app Step 0
Get to know the app
Get to know the app
Get to know the app
Get to know the app
Static Analysis Step 1
Static Analysis
Getting the APK
Decompiling the app https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/ $ brew install apktool
Decompiling the app
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Let’s keep looking around
Wait… “discount codes”?
App users get a discount for events
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Let’s take a closer look…
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HTTP Basic Authorisation = Base64(“username:password”)
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HTTP Basic Authorisation = Base64(“username:password”) username = “string1” xor “string2”
pasword = “string3” xor “string2”
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Protecting against static analysis ProGuard is a good start… for
regular apps • It’s just method renaming and code shrinking • Tools for reversing ProGuard exist: http://apk-deguard.com/ Other (paid) alternatives exist for obfuscation Writing sensitve code in native (NDK) is a good idea
Dynamic Analysis Step 2
Dynamic Analysis
Dynamic Analysis
Network Sniffing a.k.a MITM
Network Sniffing https://www.charlesproxy.com/
Setting Up Charles Proxy
Setting Up Charles Proxy
Setting Up Charles Proxy
First attempt…
First attempt…
Setting Up Charles Proxy
Setting Up Charles Proxy
Let’s try again…
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• Implement Root/Debugger/Emulator/Hooking Framework detection • Use certificate pinning •
Try to detect app tampering Protecting against dynamic analysis
Using Certificate Pinning Source: https://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-config
Tampering with the App Step 3
Assuming the app implemented Certificate Pinning…
$ adb install “Downloads/Artà Beer Festival_v1.2.5_apkpure.com.apk” Performing Streamed Install Success
$ adb shell am start com.marcobrador.android.artabeerfestival/.SplashActivity Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category .LAUNCHER] cmp=com.marcobrador.android.artabeerfestival/.SplashActivity }
Let’s try to remove it
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Time to give it a try!
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Preventing Repackaging
Looks like we are done here Looks like we are
done here
This code can be removed, too!
Closing Thoughts
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Thank you!