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Hacking categories for Android

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AppSealing is defining the hacking categories in three levels. Critical, Medium, Low.

Critical hacking attempts indicate the malicious behavior created by professional hackers. If you don`t manage them strictly, they can successfully attack AppSealing and your app someday.

Medium hacking attempts indicate the malicious behaviour that can created by non-professional hackers, but with clear intent to attack.

Low hacking attempts indicate the possibly malicious behaviors or observations that can created by cheaters and even not-intentional cheaters.

 

Critical (Professional Hacker Level):

  1. Code Hooking:

    • Intercepting and altering the behavior of functions within an application poses a serious risk to data integrity and security.

  2. Disabling Security:

    • Malicious attempts to disable security features, exposing vulnerabilities and compromising the overall system integrity.

  3. Source Code Modification:

    • Unauthorized changes to the source code, can introduce vulnerabilities or create backdoors within the application.

  4. Repackaged Application:

    • Creating unauthorized versions of the application, often for malicious distribution, emphasizes the need for code signing and tamper detection mechanisms.
  5. Debugging:
    • The act of debugging can expose sensitive information and vulnerabilities within the application's code.

Medium(Important, but not Professional Level):

  1. Rooted Device:

    • Running an application on a rooted device potentially leads to security risks and data exposure.

  2. Speed Modification:

    • Modifying the speed of an application is particularly relevant in gaming contexts, where fairness and integrity are essential.

  3. App Cloning Environment:

    • Creating clones or duplicates of the application can pose security and intellectual property risks.

Low (User-Level):

  1. Cheat Tool:

    • Tools used to exploit vulnerabilities in the application, often impact fair usage, especially in gaming environments. AppSealing is scanning cheat tools from the installed app list. However, there is a variety of cheat tools, so we will categorize them again with more detailed segments.

  2. Emulator:

    • Software emulators are used for testing but can be exploited, emphasizing the importance of emulator detection mechanisms.

  3. USB Debugging:

    • Enabling USB debugging can expose the application to potential security threats.

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