Pentesting gRPC / Protobuf : Decoding First steps

Posted on by David Vassallo

Protocol Buffers (a.k.a ProtoBuf) and other binary serialization representations are gaining popularity, especially in inter-microservice communication. Unlike JSON or HTTP, ProtoBufs are not human readable (hence the "binary" part of binary serialization) , but that translates into an advantage of  less overhead, leading to performance gains, and the ability to code against a fixed schema … Continue reading Pentesting gRPC / Protobuf : Decoding First steps

Android hacking tools update for Sept 2018

Posted on by David Vassallo

This article outlines a few "lessons learned" during an Android pen-test, specifically on which parts of my toolset I needed to update to accommodate newer android versions (Android v7+) MultiDex support One of the standard pen-test techniques is to decompile the App's source code. Typically this is done by converting the APK DEX code to … Continue reading Android hacking tools update for Sept 2018