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Mobile Hacking Course — Android in Assam

Android application security testing means pulling apart an APK and its running process to find what the developer left exposed. This track covers the Android security model, decompiling with jadx and apktool, insecure storage, exported components, WebView and deep link issues, intercepting TLS traffic, bypassing SSL pinning and root detection with Frida, and testing the backend API.

Last updated: 6 August 2026

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What this track will not do for you

You will not learn to crack paid apps, unlock in-app purchases for distribution, or hack someone else's phone remotely — those are illegal, fictional, or both. Client-side findings alone also rarely pay well; the value is in what the app reveals about the server. Android OS and kernel exploitation is a different field entirely.

Who this is for

For web pentesters adding mobile scope, Android developers who want to break their own builds before someone else does, and bug bounty hunters targeting mobile programs. Not ideal if you have never tested a web application, because most high-severity findings in a mobile assessment still live in the API behind the app.

Prerequisites: HTTP and web vulnerability basics, hands-on Burp Suite proxy experience, comfort on the Linux command line, and enough Java or Kotlin reading ability to follow decompiled code. You need either a physical Android device you can root, or a machine with 8GB or more RAM to run a rooted emulator comfortably.

The picture in Assam

Tea is Assam’s signature industry, with hundreds of estates across Upper Assam and the Barak Valley, alongside some of India’s oldest oilfields and refineries at Digboi, Guwahati, Bongaigaon and Numaligarh. Guwahati is the commercial gateway for the entire northeast — wholesale trade, hospitals, colleges, logistics and a growing services and IT base. Rice, bamboo, silk and river tourism fill out the rest.

Guwahati is a genuine urban market with fibre, hosting infrastructure and ordinary UPI use. Beyond it, connectivity thins across char areas, tea garden lines and hill districts, and seasonal flooding takes out both roads and networks. Assamese and Bengali typing is common on phones. Traders across the northeast routinely buy from Guwahati wholesalers over WhatsApp rather than any portal.

Sectors hiring for this in Assam

TeaOil, gas & refiningTourism & hospitalityWholesale trade & logisticsHealthcare & educationBamboo, silk & handloom

Main centres: Guwahati · Silchar · Dibrugarh · Jorhat · Nagaon · Tinsukia

Mobile Hacking Course — Android syllabus

8 weeks · 45 hours (live online, or at the Hisar campus). Every module is hands-on — you work on your own machine from Assam, never against systems you do not own.

01. Platform model and lab setup

  • APK structure, Dalvik and ART, application sandbox
  • Permission model, signature levels and app signing
  • ADB essentials for daily testing
  • Rooted physical device versus emulator trade-offs
  • Magisk, system certificate installation and device preparation

02. Static analysis of the APK

  • Decompiling with jadx, disassembling with apktool
  • AndroidManifest review: permissions, exported flags, intent filters
  • Hardcoded secrets, API keys and endpoint discovery
  • Third-party SDK and dependency risk
  • Triaging an automated MobSF report instead of trusting it

03. Local storage and platform misuse

  • Shared preferences and SQLite database inspection
  • Insecure logging and sensitive data in logcat
  • Backup flags and adb backup exposure
  • External and scoped storage mistakes
  • Android Keystore usage errors

04. Traffic interception

  • Burp CA installation on modern Android versions
  • Network security configuration and user CA trust
  • SSL pinning bypass with Frida and objection
  • Handling non-HTTP and gRPC traffic
  • Proxy-aware apps and traffic that refuses to route

05. Runtime instrumentation

  • Frida fundamentals and writing your first hook script
  • Hooking Java methods to change client-side decisions
  • Root, emulator and tamper detection bypass
  • IPC and content provider testing with Drozer
  • Exported activity and deep link abuse

06. API testing and the report

  • Mapping every app screen to backend endpoints
  • Authorisation testing and IDOR across accounts
  • OWASP MASVS and MASTG test case alignment
  • Rebuilding and re-signing a modified APK for verification
  • Severity, business impact and developer-friendly remediation

Tools used

jadxapktoolMobSFFridaobjectionBurp SuiteDrozerADBMagiskAndroid Studio emulatorGhidra (native libraries)

Where this leads

RoleTypical band
Mobile Application Security Analystroughly ₹4–9 LPA range
Application Security Engineerroughly ₹5–12 LPA range
Android Developer with security ownershiproughly ₹4–10 LPA range
VAPT Consultant with mobile scoperoughly ₹4–9 LPA range

Salary bands are indicative ranges across India and vary widely with skill, city and employer. Public aggregators disagree considerably on specialist roles, so treat any single figure — including these — as a range, not a promise. We do not guarantee placement.

Fees

These are our published course fees. Specialist tracks like the mobile hacking course — android are quoted on the counselling call, because the right scope depends on what you already know — we will not sell you six months of content to teach you something you can cover in six weeks.

Cyber Security Course3–4 months₹15,000
Ethical Hacking Course (CEH-aligned)6 months₹60,000
Digital Forensics2 months / 35 hours₹10,999
CCNA Networking2 months / 45 hours₹8,999

EMI available. No separate lab, material or certificate charges. Vendor exam vouchers (EC-Council, OffSec, CompTIA, AWS, Microsoft) are bought from the vendor — we do not resell them.

Mobile Hacking Course — Android in Assam — FAQs

Is the Mobile Hacking Course — Android worth doing from Assam?

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Android application security testing means pulling apart an APK and its running process to find what the developer left exposed. This track covers the Android security model, decompiling with jadx and apktool, insecure storage, exported components, WebView and deep link issues, intercepting TLS traffic, bypassing SSL pinning and root detection with Frida, and testing the backend API. Locally, Guwahati is a genuine urban market with fibre, hosting infrastructure and ordinary UPI use. The employers who value this here sit in tea, oil, gas & refining, tourism & hospitality. Classes are live online, so where in Assam you live changes nothing about the teaching, the labs or the certificate.

What do I need to know before starting?

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HTTP and web vulnerability basics, hands-on Burp Suite proxy experience, comfort on the Linux command line, and enough Java or Kotlin reading ability to follow decompiled code. You need either a physical Android device you can root, or a machine with 8GB or more RAM to run a rooted emulator comfortably.

What will this NOT do for me?

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You will not learn to crack paid apps, unlock in-app purchases for distribution, or hack someone else's phone remotely — those are illegal, fictional, or both. Client-side findings alone also rarely pay well; the value is in what the app reveals about the server. Android OS and kernel exploitation is a different field entirely.

Do I need to root my personal phone for this course?

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No. A rooted emulator handles most of the syllabus, and for the rest an inexpensive second-hand device is safer than modifying the phone you rely on daily. Rooting voids warranty, can break banking apps and occasionally bricks devices, so never use your primary phone.

Kya is course se main kisi ka WhatsApp ya Instagram hack kar paunga?

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Nahi, aur hum aisa sikhate bhi nahi. Ye course applications ki security testing ke liye hai — authorised testing ya apne khud ke app par. Kisi ka account ya phone bina permission access karna IT Act ke tahat crime hai. Ye course career ke liye hai, jasoosi ke liye nahi.

Is Android testing enough, or do I need iOS as well?

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Android alone is a valid specialisation and has more openings in India. But most product companies ship both platforms, so consultants who can test only one get half the scope. Many learners take Android first, work on real assessments for a while, and add our iOS track later.

How much of this course is Frida?

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Roughly a quarter of the hands-on time. Frida is the tool that makes pinning bypass, root detection bypass and client-side logic tampering possible, so it earns that share. But we deliberately keep the emphasis on findings that matter to the business, which usually means the API behind the app.

We have no office in Assam

Cyber Defence has one campus — Red Square Market, Hisar, Haryana 125001 — and teaches Assam live online. We do not list addresses we do not have, we publish no star ratings because we have no verified review corpus, and we do not guarantee placement.

We issue a Cyber Defence certificate with a public verification link. We are not an authorised training centre for EC-Council, OffSec, CompTIA, AWS or Microsoft, and we do not resell their exam vouchers.

Ask whether this track is right for you

Free call with Amit Kumar. If a shorter track or a different starting point suits you better, that is what you will hear.

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