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Android Requires Developer Verification Starting from 2026
For years, Android’s openness was one of its biggest strengths. Anyone could build an app, share it, and sideload it freely. Users were warned about the risks, but the choice was always theirs. Starting in 2026, Android will require developer verification for apps to run on certified devices. Apps from unverified developers can be blocked, even when users knowingly install them. Google calls it security. Critics call it a loss of freedom. Understanding what’s changing and where Android draws the line now matters more than ever.
Tue 27 January 2026
Javascript Interface Exposure
Ostorlab's Pentest Engine identified a JavaScript bridge exposure in an Android WebView, allowing...
Wed 07 January 2026
Top Mobile App Security Testing Platforms 2026
Navigate the market for the Top Mobile App Security Testing Platforms 2026 by focusing on the cri...
Mon 05 January 2026
Understanding Android's FLAG_SECURE for Screen Security
What Android’s FLAG_SECURE does, how it prevents screenshots and screen recordings of sensitive a...
Mon 29 December 2025
Ostorlab AI Pentest Engine: How it Works
Technical deep dive into Ostorlab AI Pentest Engine inner working, from threat intelligence, risk identification, mobile support to vulnerability validation.
Going Beyond: Ostorlab AI Engine Discovers Unknown Vulnerability Classes
Ostorlab’s reasoning-driven AI engine breaks past rule-based limits to surface previously unknown and hard-to-detect vulnerabilities—including WebView Safe Browsing bypasses, SQLi via projections, WebCrypto key exfiltration, and JWT verification ordering flaws—delivering deeper, smarter, complementary security coverage.
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Know Your App's Data Habits: A Deep Dive into Our Comprehensive Privacy Analysis
Ostorlab's Privacy Scan automatically detects mismatches between what your app's privacy policy says and what it actually does. This comprehensive analysis of policy text, permissions, code, and UI elements helps mobile developers avoid compliance violations and build user trust through accurate privacy practices.
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Secure Mobile Biometric Authentication: Best Practices and Implementation Guidelines for Kotlin, Swift, and Flutter
In this Article, we define a secure implementation of mobile biometric authentication and provide detailed implementations in the 3 main modern mobile languages, namely Kotlin for Android, Swift for iOS, and Dart for Flutter multiplatform applications.
Tue 20 June 2023
GodFather Android Malware Analysis
In This article, we analyze the GodFather Android malware, which continues to appear in various formats and primarily targets banking and cryptocurrency applications to steal money and sensitive information for the users.
Fri 14 April 2023
Build you CI/CD pipeline for Mobile Applications with Jenkins, Github Actions and Azure Devops
This article will cover the main challenges when implementing a CI/CD pipeline for mobile applications. We will also provide examples of how you can implement a CI/CD pipeline for Android and iOS applications in the most used Mobile CI/CD tools.
Thu 27 October 2022
UI call coverage release for dynamic security testing
Ostorlab released the UI call coverage in the analysis environment to show the UI flow exercised during the dynamic security testing.
Wed 01 September 2021
Ostorlab Nuggets in June issue 5
Health Tech, Compromises and attacks, Instrumentation, Black Hat conferences, eBPF and more….
Thu 27 May 2021