├── Makefile ├── .gitignore ├── CONTRIBUTING.md ├── run_collection_bot.sh ├── LICENSE └── README.md /Makefile: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | lint: 2 | mdl -r ~MD013,~MD029,~MD033 README.md 3 | 4 | test: 5 | # Some URLs could be flaky, try twice in case the first execution fails. 6 | bash run_awesome_bot.sh || bash run_awesome_bot.sh 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /.gitignore: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Prerequisites 2 | *.d 3 | 4 | # Compiled Object files 5 | *.slo 6 | *.lo 7 | *.o 8 | *.obj 9 | 10 | # Precompiled Headers 11 | *.gch 12 | *.pch 13 | 14 | # Compiled Dynamic libraries 15 | *.so 16 | *.dylib 17 | *.dll 18 | 19 | # Fortran module files 20 | *.mod 21 | *.smod 22 | 23 | # Compiled Static libraries 24 | *.lai 25 | *.la 26 | *.a 27 | *.lib 28 | 29 | # Executables 30 | *.exe 31 | *.out 32 | *.app 33 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /CONTRIBUTING.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Contribution Guidelines 2 | 3 | Please ensure your pull request adheres to the following guidelines: 4 | 5 | - Search previous suggestions before making a new one, as yours may be a duplicate. 6 | - Make sure your entries is useful before submitting. 7 | - Make an individual pull request for each suggestion. 8 | - Titles should be [capitalized](http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/capitalization/rules-for-capitalization-in-titles.html). 9 | - Link additions should be added to the bottom of the relevant category. 10 | - New categories or improvements to the existing categorization are welcome. 11 | - Check your spelling and grammar. 12 | - Make sure your text editor is set to remove trailing whitespace. 13 | - The pull request and commit should have a useful title. 14 | 15 | Thank you for your suggestions! 16 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /run_collection_bot.sh: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash 2 | set -euxo pipefail 3 | 4 | 5 | DEAD_URLS='opencollective.com','http://copperdroid.isg.rhul.ac.uk/copperdroid/',\ 6 | 'http://sanddroid.xjtu.edu.cn/','http://www.foresafe.com/scan',\ 7 | 'https://github.com/BaiduSecurityLabs/ZjDroid','https://github.com/yangbean9/ZjDroid',\ 8 | 'https://appanalysis.org/download.html','https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/tools/2012/03/16/mercury/',\ 9 | 'https://dexter.dexlabs.org/','http://www.mobiseclab.org/eacus.jsp','https://fireeye.ijinshan.com/',\ 10 | 'http://www.comdroid.org/','http://www.androidsandbox.net/','http://andrototal.org',\ 11 | 'http://www.mobile-app-insight.org','http://anubis.iseclab.org/',\ 12 | 'http://blog.avlyun.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SmaliViewer.zip',\ 13 | 'habo.qq.com','http://admire.necst.it/','tracedroid.few.vu.nl',\ 14 | 'http://appanalysis.org','http://dunkelheit.com.br','https://mobile-security.zeef.com',\ 15 | 'https://redmine.honeynet.org/projects/are/wiki','https://www.visualthreat.com/',\ 16 | 'http://www.mobilemalware.com.br','https://appscan.bluemix.net',\ 17 | 'http://siis.cse.psu.edu/tools.html','http://siis.cse.psu.edu/dare/index.html',\ 18 | 'http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/','https://apkscan.nviso.be',\ 19 | 'http://ww38.xchg.info','https://thecobraden.com/projects/cobradroid',\ 20 | 'https://bitbucket.org/mstrobel/procyon/wiki/',\ 21 | 'https://code.google.com/p/androguard/wiki/DatabaseAndroidMalwares',\ 22 | 'https://github.com/ashishb/android-security-awesome/actions',\ 23 | 'https://pscout.csl.toronto.edu',\ 24 | 'https://appcritique.boozallen.com',\ 25 | 'https://amaaas.com',\ 26 | 'https://malwarepot.com/index.php/AMAaaS' 27 | 28 | FLAKY_URLS='http://safe.ijiami.cn/' 29 | SRC_FILE=README.md 30 | # Run `gem install awesome_bot` to install awesome_bot 31 | awesome_bot \ 32 | --allow-redirect \ 33 | --allow-ssl \ 34 | --skip-save-results \ 35 | --request-delay 1 \ 36 | --white-list ${DEAD_URLS},${FLAKY_URLS} \ 37 | --files ${SRC_FILE} 38 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Apache License 2 | Version 2.0, January 2004 3 | http://www.apache.org/licenses/ 4 | 5 | TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION 6 | 7 | 1. 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Our goal is to build a categorized community-driven collection of very well-known resources. 7 | 8 | ## Table of Contents 9 | 10 | 1. [Tools](#tools) 11 | 2. [Academic/Research/Publications/Books](#academic) 12 | 3. [Exploits/Vulnerabilities/Bugs](#exploits) 13 | 14 | ## Tools 15 | 16 | ### Online Analyzers 17 | 18 | 1. [AndroTotal](http://andrototal.org/) 19 | 5. [Appknox](https://www.appknox.com/) - not free 20 | 8. [AVC UnDroid](http://undroid.av-comparatives.info/) 21 | 10. [Virustotal](https://www.virustotal.com/) - max 128MB 22 | 11. [Fraunhofer App-ray](http://app-ray.co/) - not free 23 | 13. [NowSecure Lab Automated](https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2016/09/19/announcing-nowsecure-lab-automated/) - Enterprise tool for mobile app security testing both Android and iOS mobile apps. Lab Automated features dynamic and static analysis on real devices in the cloud to return results in minutes. Not free 24 | 15. [App Detonator](https://appdetonator.run/) - Detonate APK binary to provide source code level details including app author, signature, build and manifest information. 3 Analysis/day free quota. 25 | 16. [BitBaan](https://malab.bitbaan.com/) 26 | 17. [Pithus](https://beta.pithus.org/) - Open-Source APK analyzer. Still in Beta for the moment and limited to static analysis for the moment. Possible to hunt malwares with Yara rules. More [here](https://beta.pithus.org/about/). 27 | 18. [Approver](https://approver.talos-sec.com/) - Approver is a fully automated security analysis and risk assessment platform for Android and iOS apps. Not free. 28 | 1. [Oversecured](https://oversecured.com/) - Enterprise vulnerability scanner for Android and iOS apps, it offers app owners and developers the ability to secure each new version of a mobile app by integrating Oversecured into the development process. Not free. 29 | 19. ~~[AMAaaS](https://amaaas.com) - Free Android Malware Analysis Service. A baremetal service features static and dynamic analysis for Android applications. A product of [MalwarePot](https://malwarepot.com/index.php/AMAaaS)~~. 30 | 12. ~~[AppCritique](https://appcritique.boozallen.com) - Upload your Android APKs and receive comprehensive free security assessments~~ 31 | 15. ~~[NVISO ApkScan](https://apkscan.nviso.be/) - sunsetting on Oct 31, 2019~~ 32 | 4. ~~[Mobile Malware Sandbox](http://www.mobilemalware.com.br/analysis/index_en.php)~~ 33 | 6. ~~[IBM Security AppScan Mobile Analyzer](https://appscan.bluemix.net/mobileAnalyzer) - not free~~ 34 | 15. ~~[Visual Threat](https://www.visualthreat.com/) - no longer an Android app analyzer~~ 35 | 15. ~~[Tracedroid](http://tracedroid.few.vu.nl/)~~ 36 | 15. ~~[habo](https://habo.qq.com/) - 10/day~~ 37 | 16. ~~[CopperDroid](http://copperdroid.isg.rhul.ac.uk/copperdroid/)~~ 38 | 17. ~~[SandDroid](http://sanddroid.xjtu.edu.cn/)~~ 39 | 18. ~~[Stowaway](http://www.android-permissions.org/)~~ 40 | 19. ~~[Anubis](http://anubis.iseclab.org/)~~ 41 | 20. ~~[Mobile app insight](http://www.mobile-app-insight.org)~~ 42 | 21. ~~[Mobile-Sandbox](http://mobile-sandbox.com)~~ 43 | 22. ~~[Ijiami](http://safe.ijiami.cn/)~~ 44 | 23. ~~[Comdroid](http://www.comdroid.org/)~~ 45 | 24. ~~[Android Sandbox](http://www.androidsandbox.net/)~~ 46 | 25. ~~[Foresafe](http://www.foresafe.com/scan)~~ 47 | 26. ~~[Dexter](https://dexter.dexlabs.org/)~~ 48 | 27. ~~[MobiSec Eacus](http://www.mobiseclab.org/eacus.jsp)~~ 49 | 28. ~~[Fireeye](https://fireeye.ijinshan.com/)- max 60MB 15/day~~ 50 | 51 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 52 | 53 | ### Static Analysis Tools 54 | 55 | 1. [Androwarn](https://github.com/maaaaz/androwarn/) - detect and warn the user about potential malicious behaviours developed by an Android application. 56 | 2. [ApkAnalyser](https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/ApkAnalyser) 57 | 3. [APKInspector](https://github.com/honeynet/apkinspector/) 58 | 4. [Droid Intent Data Flow Analysis for Information Leakage](https://www.cert.org/secure-coding/tools/didfail.cfm) 59 | 5. [DroidLegacy](https://bitbucket.org/srl/droidlegacy) 60 | 7. [Smali CFG generator](https://github.com/EugenioDelfa/Smali-CFGs) 61 | 8. [FlowDroid](https://blogs.uni-paderborn.de/sse/tools/flowdroid/) 62 | 9. [Android Decompiler](https://www.pnfsoftware.com/) – not free 63 | 10. [PSCout](http://pscout.csl.toronto.edu/) - A tool that extracts the permission specification from the Android OS source code using static analysis 64 | 11. [Amandroid](http://amandroid.sireum.org/) 65 | 12. [SmaliSCA](https://github.com/dorneanu/smalisca) - Smali Static Code Analysis 66 | 13. [CFGScanDroid](https://github.com/douggard/CFGScanDroid) - Scans and compares CFG against CFG of malicious applications 67 | 14. [Madrolyzer](https://github.com/maldroid/maldrolyzer) - extracts actionable data like C&C, phone number etc. 68 | 15. [SPARTA](https://www.cs.washington.edu/sparta) - verifies (proves) that an app satisfies an information-flow security policy; built on the [Checker Framework](https://types.cs.washington.edu/checker-framework/) 69 | 16. [ConDroid](https://github.com/JulianSchuette/ConDroid) - Performs a combination of symbolic + concrete execution of the app 70 | 17. [DroidRA](https://github.com/serval-snt-uni-lu/DroidRA) 71 | 18. [RiskInDroid](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/RiskInDroid) - A tool for calculating the risk of Android apps based on their permissions, with online demo available. 72 | 19. [SUPER](https://github.com/SUPERAndroidAnalyzer/super) - Secure, Unified, Powerful and Extensible Rust Android Analyzer 73 | 20. [ClassyShark](https://github.com/google/android-classyshark) - Standalone binary inspection tool which can browse any Android executable and show important infos. 74 | 21. [StaCoAn](https://github.com/vincentcox/StaCoAn) - Crossplatform tool which aids developers, bugbounty hunters and ethical hackers performing static code analysis on mobile applications. This tool was created with a big focus on usability and graphical guidance in the user interface. 75 | 22. [JAADAS](https://github.com/flankerhqd/JAADAS) - Joint intraprocedure and interprocedure program analysis tool to find vulnerabilities in Android apps, built on Soot and Scala 76 | 23. [Quark-Engine](https://github.com/quark-engine/quark-engine) - An Obfuscation-Neglect Android Malware Scoring System 77 | 24. [One Step Decompiler](https://github.com/b-mueller/apkx) - Android APK Decompilation for the Lazy 78 | 25. [APKLeaks](https://github.com/dwisiswant0/apkleaks) - Scanning APK file for URIs, endpoints & secrets. 79 | 26. [Mobile Audit](https://github.com/mpast/mobileAudit) - Web application for performing Static Analysis and detecting malware in Android APKs. 80 | 27. ~~[Several tools from PSU](http://siis.cse.psu.edu/tools.html)~~ 81 | 82 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 83 | 84 | ### App Vulnerability Scanners 85 | 86 | 1. [QARK](https://github.com/linkedin/qark/) - QARK by LinkedIn is for app developers to scan app for security issues 87 | 2. [AndroBugs](https://github.com/AndroBugs/AndroBugs_Framework) 88 | 3. [Nogotofail](https://github.com/google/nogotofail) 89 | 5. ~~[Devknox](https://devknox.io/) - IDE plugin to build secure Android apps. Not maintained anymore.~~ 90 | 91 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 92 | 93 | ### Dynamic Analysis Tools 94 | 95 | 1. [Android DBI frameowork](http://www.mulliner.org/blog/blosxom.cgi/security/androiddbiv02.html) 96 | 2. [Androl4b](https://github.com/sh4hin/Androl4b)- A Virtual Machine For Assessing Android applications, Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis 97 | 3. [House](https://github.com/nccgroup/house)- House: A runtime mobile application analysis toolkit with a Web GUI, powered by Frida, written in Python. 98 | 4. [Mobile-Security-Framework MobSF](https://github.com/MobSF/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF) - Mobile Security Framework is an intelligent, all-in-one open source mobile application (Android/iOS) automated pen-testing framework capable of performing static, dynamic analysis and web API testing. 99 | 5. [AppUse](https://appsec-labs.com/AppUse/) – custom build for pentesting 100 | 6. [Droidbox](https://github.com/pjlantz/droidbox) 101 | 10. [Drozer](https://github.com/mwrlabs/drozer) 102 | 11. [Xposed](https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053) - equivalent of doing Stub based code injection but without any modifications to the binary 103 | 12. [Inspeckage](https://github.com/ac-pm/Inspeckage) - Android Package Inspector - dynamic analysis with api hooks, start unexported activities and more. (Xposed Module) 104 | 13. [Android Hooker](https://github.com/AndroidHooker/hooker) - Dynamic Java code instrumentation (requires the Substrate Framework) 105 | 14. [ProbeDroid](https://github.com/ZSShen/ProbeDroid) - Dynamic Java code instrumentation 106 | 15. [Android Tamer](https://androidtamer.com/) - Virtual / Live Platform for Android Security Professionals 107 | 16. [DECAF](https://github.com/sycurelab/DECAF) - Dynamic Executable Code Analysis Framework based on QEMU (DroidScope is now an extension to DECAF) 108 | 17. [CuckooDroid](https://github.com/idanr1986/cuckoo-droid) - Android extension for Cuckoo sandbox 109 | 18. [Mem](https://github.com/MobileForensicsResearch/mem) - Memory analysis of Android (root required) 110 | 19. [Crowdroid](http://www.ida.liu.se/labs/rtslab/publications/2011/spsm11-burguera.pdf) – unable to find the actual tool 111 | 20. [AuditdAndroid](https://github.com/nwhusted/AuditdAndroid) – android port of auditd, not under active development anymore 112 | 21. [Android Security Evaluation Framework](https://code.google.com/p/asef/) - not under active development anymore 113 | 23. [Aurasium](https://github.com/xurubin/aurasium) – Practical security policy enforcement for Android apps via bytecode rewriting and in-place reference monitor. 114 | 24. [Android Linux Kernel modules](https://github.com/strazzere/android-lkms) 115 | 25. [Appie](https://manifestsecurity.com/appie/) - Appie is a software package that has been pre-configured to function as an Android Pentesting Environment. It is completely portable and can be carried on USB stick or smartphone. This is a one stop answer for all the tools needed in Android Application Security Assessment and an awesome alternative to existing virtual machines. 116 | 26. [StaDynA](https://github.com/zyrikby/StaDynA) - a system supporting security app analysis in the presence of dynamic code update features (dynamic class loading and reflection). This tool combines static and dynamic analysis of Android applications in order to reveal the hidden/updated behavior and extend static analysis results with this information. 117 | 27. [DroidAnalytics](https://github.com/zhengmin1989/DroidAnalytics) - incomplete 118 | 28. [Vezir Project](https://github.com/oguzhantopgul/Vezir-Project) - Virtual Machine for Mobile Application Pentesting and Mobile Malware Analysis 119 | 29. [MARA](https://github.com/xtiankisutsa/MARA_Framework) - Mobile Application Reverse engineering and Analysis Framework 120 | 30. [Taintdroid](http://appanalysis.org) - requires AOSP compilation 121 | 31. [ARTist](https://artist.cispa.saarland) - a flexible open source instrumentation and hybrid analysis framework for Android apps and Android's java middleware. It is based on the Android Runtime's (ART) compiler and modifies code during on-device compilation. 122 | 32. [Android Malware Sandbox](https://github.com/Areizen/Android-Malware-Sandbox) 123 | 33. [AndroPyTool](https://github.com/alexMyG/AndroPyTool) - a tool for extracting static and dynamic features from Android APKs. It combines different well-known Android apps analysis tools such as DroidBox, FlowDroid, Strace, AndroGuard or VirusTotal analysis. 124 | 34. [Runtime Mobile Security (RMS)](https://github.com/m0bilesecurity/RMS-Runtime-Mobile-Security) - is a powerful web interface that helps you to manipulate Android and iOS Apps at Runtime 125 | 35. [PAPIMonitor](https://github.com/Dado1513/PAPIMonitor) – PAPIMonitor (Python API Monitor for Android apps) is a python tool based on Frida for monitoring user-select APIs during the app execution. 126 | 36. [Android_application_analyzer](https://github.com/NotSoSecure/android_application_analyzer) - The tool is used to analyze the content of the android application in local storage. 127 | 37. ~~[Android Malware Analysis Toolkit](http://www.mobilemalware.com.br/amat/download.html) - (linux distro) Earlier it use to be an [online analyzer](http://dunkelheit.com.br/amat/analysis/index_en.php)~~ 128 | 38. ~~[Android Reverse Engineering](https://redmine.honeynet.org/projects/are/wiki) – ARE (android reverse engineering) not under active development anymore~~ 129 | 39. ~~[ViaLab Community Edition](https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2014/09/09/introducing-vialab-community-edition/)~~ 130 | 40. ~~[Mercury](https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/tools/2012/03/16/mercury/)~~ 131 | 41. ~~[Cobradroid](https://thecobraden.com/projects/cobradroid/) – custom image for malware analysis~~ 132 | 133 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 134 | 135 | ### Reverse Engineering 136 | 137 | 1. [Smali/Baksmali](https://github.com/JesusFreke/smali) – apk decompilation 138 | 2. [emacs syntax coloring for smali files](https://github.com/strazzere/Emacs-Smali) 139 | 3. [vim syntax coloring for smali files](http://codetastrophe.com/smali.vim) 140 | 4. [AndBug](https://github.com/swdunlop/AndBug) 141 | 5. [Androguard](https://github.com/androguard/androguard) – powerful, integrates well with other tools 142 | 6. [Apktool](https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/) – really useful for compilation/decompilation (uses smali) 143 | 7. [Android Framework for Exploitation](https://github.com/appknox/AFE) 144 | 8. [Bypass signature and permission checks for IPCs](https://github.com/iSECPartners/Android-KillPermAndSigChecks) 145 | 9. [Android OpenDebug](https://github.com/iSECPartners/Android-OpenDebug) – make any application on device debuggable (using cydia substrate). 146 | 11. [Dex2Jar](https://github.com/pxb1988/dex2jar) - dex to jar converter 147 | 12. [Enjarify](https://github.com/google/enjarify) - dex to jar converter from Google 148 | 13. [Dedexer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/dedexer/) 149 | 14. [Fino](https://github.com/sysdream/fino) 150 | 15. [Frida](https://www.frida.re/) - inject javascript to explore applications and a [GUI tool](https://github.com/antojoseph/diff-gui) for it 151 | 16. [Indroid](https://bitbucket.org/aseemjakhar/indroid) – thread injection kit 152 | 17. [IntentSniffer](https://www.nccgroup.com/us/our-research/intent-sniffer/) 153 | 18. [Introspy](https://github.com/iSECPartners/Introspy-Android) 154 | 19. [Jad]( https://varaneckas.com/jad/) - Java decompiler 155 | 20. [JD-GUI](https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-gui) - Java decompiler 156 | 21. [CFR](http://www.benf.org/other/cfr/) - Java decompiler 157 | 22. [Krakatau](https://github.com/Storyyeller/Krakatau) - Java decompiler 158 | 24. [FernFlower](https://github.com/fesh0r/fernflower) - Java decompiler 159 | 25. [Redexer](https://github.com/plum-umd/redexer) – apk manipulation 160 | 26. [Simplify Android deobfuscator](https://github.com/CalebFenton/simplify) 161 | 29. [Bytecode viewer](https://github.com/Konloch/bytecode-viewer) 162 | 30. [Radare2](https://github.com/radare/radare2) 163 | 31. [Jadx](https://github.com/skylot/jadx) 164 | 32. [Dwarf](https://github.com/iGio90/Dwarf) - GUI for reverse engineering 165 | 33. [Andromeda](https://github.com/secrary/Andromeda) - Another basic command-line reverse engineering tool 166 | 34. [apk-mitm](https://github.com/shroudedcode/apk-mitm) - A CLI application that prepares Android APK files for HTTPS inspection 167 | 35. [Noia](https://github.com/0x742/noia) - Simple Android application sandbox file browser tool 168 | 36. [Obfuscapk](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/Obfuscapk) - Obfuscapk is a modular Python tool for obfuscating Android apps without needing their source code. 169 | 37. [ARMANDroid](https://github.com/Mobile-IoT-Security-Lab/ARMANDroid) - ARMAND (Anti-Repackaging through Multi-patternAnti-tampering based on Native Detection) is a novel anti-tampering protection scheme that embeds logic bombs and AT detection nodes directly in the apk file without needing their source code. 170 | 38. [MVT (Mobile Verification Toolkit)](https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt) - a collection of utilities to simplify and automate the process of gathering forensic traces helpful to identify a potential compromise of Android and iOS devices 171 | 39. ~~[Procyon](https://bitbucket.org/mstrobel/procyon/wiki/Java%20Decompiler) - Java decompiler~~ 172 | 40. ~~[Smali viewer](http://blog.avlyun.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SmaliViewer.zip)~~ 173 | 41. ~~[ZjDroid](https://github.com/BaiduSecurityLabs/ZjDroid)~~, ~~[fork/mirror](https://github.com/yangbean9/ZjDroid)~~ 174 | 42. ~~[Dare](http://siis.cse.psu.edu/dare/index.html) – .dex to .class converter~~ 175 | 43. [Decompiler.com](https://www.decompiler.com/) - Online APK and Java decompiler 176 | 177 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 178 | 179 | ### Fuzz Testing 180 | 181 | 1. [IntentFuzzer](https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/about-us/resources/intent-fuzzer/) 182 | 2. [Radamsa Fuzzer](https://github.com/anestisb/radamsa-android) 183 | 3. [Honggfuzz](https://github.com/google/honggfuzz) 184 | 4. [An Android port of the melkor ELF fuzzer](https://github.com/anestisb/melkor-android) 185 | 5. [Media Fuzzing Framework for Android](https://github.com/fuzzing/MFFA) 186 | 6. [AndroFuzz](https://github.com/jonmetz/AndroFuzz) 187 | 188 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 189 | 190 | ### App Repackaging Detectors 191 | 192 | 1. [FSquaDRA](https://github.com/zyrikby/FSquaDRA) - a tool for detection of repackaged Android applications based on app resources hash comparison. 193 | 194 | ### Market Crawlers 195 | 196 | 1. [Google play crawler (Java)](https://github.com/Akdeniz/google-play-crawler) 197 | 2. [Google play crawler (Python)](https://github.com/egirault/googleplay-api) 198 | 3. [Google play crawler (Node)](https://github.com/dweinstein/node-google-play) - get app details and download apps from official Google Play Store. 199 | 4. [Aptoide downloader (Node)](https://github.com/dweinstein/node-aptoide) - download apps from Aptoide third-party Android market 200 | 5. [Appland downloader (Node)](https://github.com/dweinstein/node-appland) - download apps from Appland third-party Android market 201 | 6. [Apkpure](https://apkpure.com/) - Online apk downloader. Provides also an own app for downloading. 202 | 7. [PlaystoreDownloader](https://github.com/ClaudiuGeorgiu/PlaystoreDownloader) - PlaystoreDownloader is a tool for downloading Android applications directly from the Google Play Store. After an initial (one-time) configuration, applications can be downloaded by specifying their package name. 203 | 8. [APK Downloader](https://apkcombo.com/apk-downloader/) Online Sevrice to download APK from Playstore for specific Android Device Configuration 204 | 205 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 206 | 207 | ### Misc Tools 208 | 209 | 1. [smalihook](http://androidcracking.blogspot.com/2011/03/original-smalihook-java-source.html) 210 | 3. [AXMLPrinter2](http://code.google.com/p/android4me/downloads/detail?name=AXMLPrinter2.jar) - to convert binary XML files to human-readable XML files 211 | 4. [adb autocomplete](https://github.com/mbrubeck/android-completion) 212 | 6. [mitmproxy](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy) 213 | 7. [dockerfile/androguard](https://github.com/dweinstein/dockerfile-androguard) 214 | 8. [Android Vulnerability Test Suite](https://github.com/AndroidVTS/android-vts) - android-vts scans a device for set of vulnerabilities 215 | 9. [AppMon](https://github.com/dpnishant/appmon)- AppMon is an automated framework for monitoring and tampering system API calls of native macOS, iOS and android apps. It is based on Frida. 216 | 10. [Internal Blue](https://github.com/seemoo-lab/internalblue) - Bluetooth experimentation framework based on Reverse Engineering of Broadcom Bluetooth Controllers 217 | 11. [Android Device Security Database](https://www.android-device-security.org/client/datatable) - Database of security features of Android devices 218 | 12. [Android Mobile Device Hardening](https://github.com/SecTheTech/AMDH) - AMDH scans and harden device's settings and list harmful installed Apps based on permissions. 219 | 13. ~~[Opcodes table for quick reference](http://ww38.xchg.info/corkami/opcodes_tables.pdf)~~ 220 | 14. ~~[APK-Downloader](http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/)~~ - seems dead now 221 | 15. ~~[Dalvik opcodes](http://pallergabor.uw.hu/androidblog/dalvik_opcodes.html)~~ 222 | 223 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 224 | 225 | ### Vulnerable Applications for practice 226 | 227 | 1. [Damn Insecure Vulnerable Application (DIVA)](https://github.com/payatu/diva-android) 228 | 2. [Vuldroid](https://github.com/jaiswalakshansh/Vuldroid) 229 | 3. [ExploitMe Android Labs](http://securitycompass.github.io/AndroidLabs/setup.html) 230 | 4. [GoatDroid](https://github.com/jackMannino/OWASP-GoatDroid-Project) 231 | 5. [Android InsecureBank](https://github.com/dineshshetty/Android-InsecureBankv2) 232 | 6. [Insecureshop](https://github.com/optiv/insecureshop) 233 | 1. [Oversecured Vulnerable Android App (OVAA)](https://github.com/oversecured/ovaa) 234 | 235 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 236 | 237 | ## Academic/Research/Publications/Books 238 | 239 | ### Research Papers 240 | 241 | 1. [Exploit Database](https://www.exploit-db.com/papers/) 242 | 2. [Android security related presentations](https://github.com/jacobsoo/AndroidSlides) 243 | 3. [A good collection of static analysis papers](https://tthtlc.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/static-analysis-of-android-applications/) 244 | 245 | ### Books 246 | 247 | 1. [SEI CERT Android Secure Coding Standard](https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/android/Android+Secure+Coding+Standard) 248 | 249 | ### Others 250 | 251 | 1. [OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide Manual](https://github.com/OWASP/owasp-mstg) 252 | 2. [doridori/Android-Security-Reference](https://github.com/doridori/Android-Security-Reference) 253 | 3. [android app security checklist](https://github.com/b-mueller/android_app_security_checklist) 254 | 4. [Mobile App Pentest Cheat Sheet](https://github.com/tanprathan/MobileApp-Pentest-Cheatsheet) 255 | 5. [Android Reverse Engineering 101 by Daniele Altomare (Web Archive link)](http://web.archive.org/web/20180721134044/http://www.fasteque.com:80/android-reverse-engineering-101-part-1/) 256 | 5. ~~[Mobile Security Reading Room](https://mobile-security.zeef.com) - A reading room which contains well categorised technical reading material about mobile penetration testing, mobile malware, mobile forensics and all kind of mobile security related topics~~ 257 | 258 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 259 | 260 | ## Exploits/Vulnerabilities/Bugs 261 | 262 | ### List 263 | 264 | 1. [Android Security Bulletins](https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/) 265 | 2. [Android's reported security vulnerabilities](https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-1224/product_id-19997/Google-Android.html) 266 | 3. [Android Devices Security Patch Status](https://kb.androidtamer.com/Device_Security_Patch_tracker/) 267 | 4. [AOSP - Issue tracker](https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list?can=2&q=priority=Critical&sort=-opened) 268 | 5. [OWASP Mobile Top 10 2016](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Mobile_Top_10_2016-Top_10) 269 | 6. [Exploit Database](https://www.exploit-db.com/search/?action=search&q=android) - click search 270 | 7. [Vulnerability Google Doc](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Am5hHW4ATym7dGhFU1A4X2lqbUJtRm1QSWNRc3E0UlE&single=true&gid=0&output=html) 271 | 8. [Google Android Security Team’s Classifications for Potentially Harmful Applications (Malware)](https://source.android.com/security/reports/Google_Android_Security_PHA_classifications.pdf) 272 | 273 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 274 | 275 | ### Malware 276 | 277 | 1. [androguard - Database Android Malwares wiki](https://code.google.com/p/androguard/wiki/DatabaseAndroidMalwares) 278 | 2. [Android Malware Github repo](https://github.com/ashishb/android-malware) 279 | 3. [Android Malware Genome Project](http://www.malgenomeproject.org/policy.html) - contains 1260 malware samples categorized into 49 different malware families, free for research purpose. 280 | 4. [Contagio Mobile Malware Mini Dump](http://contagiominidump.blogspot.com) 281 | 5. [VirusTotal Malware Intelligence Service](https://www.virustotal.com/en/about/contact/) - powered by VirusTotal, not free 282 | 6. [Drebin](https://www.sec.cs.tu-bs.de/~danarp/drebin/) 283 | 8. [Kharon Malware Dataset](http://kharon.gforge.inria.fr/dataset/) - 7 malwares which have been reverse engineered and documented 284 | 9. [Android Adware and General Malware Dataset](https://www.unb.ca/cic/datasets/android-adware.html) 285 | 10. [Android PRAGuard Dataset](http://pralab.diee.unica.it/en/AndroidPRAGuardDataset) - The dataset contains 10479 samples, obtained by obfuscating the MalGenome and the Contagio Minidump datasets with seven different obfuscation techniques. 286 | 11. [AndroZoo](https://androzoo.uni.lu/) - AndroZoo is a growing collection of Android Applications collected from several sources, including the official Google Play app market. 287 | 7. ~~[Admire](http://admire.necst.it/)~~ 288 | 289 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 290 | 291 | ### Bounty Programs 292 | 293 | 1. [Android Security Reward Program](https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/android-rewards/) 294 | 295 | ### How to report Security issues 296 | 297 | 1. [Android - reporting security issues](https://source.android.com/security/overview/updates-resources.html#report-issues) 298 | 2. [Android Reports and Resources](https://github.com/B3nac/Android-Reports-and-Resources) - List of Android Hackerone disclosed reports and other resources 299 | 300 | ## Contributing 301 | 302 | Your contributions are always welcome! 303 | 304 | 305 | **[`^ back to top ^`](#)** 306 | 307 | ## License 308 | MIT License & [cc](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license 309 | 310 | Creative Commons License
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