When performing a pentesting either it is web, network, mobile or IoT the essential thing the pentester should have is its tool. So in this blog, I am going to share the tools which I use to perform pentesting of iOS applications. 1. Cydia Impactor: Cydia Impactor is a GUI tool which is used to install the ios application into the iPhone when we have the IPA file of it. So if you have a jailbreak IPA then this tool is must which will let you install that jailbreak exploit IPA into your device. You can download Cydia from here. ...

We have crafted a vulnerable iOS application for understanding and to learn to use GDB to perform runtime analysis, with our crafted vulnerable app known as ‘swizzle-me’. Introduction to the app. The app ‘swizzle-me’ is a simple authentication app, wherein the user is required to enter his/her valid credentials and get access to the application. App’s challenge:  Your task is to bypass this login mechanism of the application and access the authenticated page! ...