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♦️Dynamic Analysis Toolkit

  • Frida: A dynamic instrumentation toolkit that allows you to inject scripts into running processes. It’s useful for monitoring and modifying app behavior in real-time on iOS devices.

  • Cycript: A tool for exploring and manipulating iOS applications at runtime. It combines JavaScript and Objective-C to interact with apps and inspect their behavior dynamically.

  • Charizard: A dynamic analysis framework that allows for monitoring and modifying the behavior of iOS applications by injecting code into them.

  • Cydia Substrate: A framework for modifying iOS apps at runtime. It’s used to hook into app functions and observe or alter their behavior.

  • iOS Simulator: While not a dedicated dynamic analysis tool, the iOS Simulator can be used for running and analyzing iOS apps in a controlled environment.

  • Appium: An open-source tool for automated testing of mobile applications. It can be used for dynamic analysis by scripting interactions with iOS apps and observing their responses.

  • Xcode Instruments: Part of Xcode, Instruments provides a range of profiling tools that can be used to analyze the runtime behavior of iOS apps, including memory usage, CPU performance, and network activity.

  • Frida’s iOS Server: For more advanced dynamic analysis, you can use Frida’s iOS server, which allows for dynamic instrumentation on jailbroken devices.

  • Burp Suite: Although primarily used for web application security, it can be used in combination with tools like Charles Proxy to intercept and analyze network traffic from iOS apps.

  • Wireshark: Useful for capturing and analyzing network traffic between the iOS app and the internet, providing insights into the data exchanged during runtime.

  • MobSF (Mobile Security Framework): Offers both static and dynamic analysis for Android applications. The community edition is free and provides a range of features for analyzing APK files, including behavioral analysis in a controlled environment.

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