SUsushi2k·Jul 26, 2021Submission
OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide (MSTG) – Version 1.2 Released
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The OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide (MASTG) is a comprehensive manual for mobile app security testing and reverse engineering. It describes technical processes for verifying the OWASP Mobile Security Weakness Enumeration (MASWE) weaknesses, which are in alignment with the OWASP MASVS.
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The OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide (MASTG) is a comprehensive manual for mobile app security testing and reverse engineering. It describes technical processes for verifying the OWASP Mobile Security Weakness Enumeration (MASWE) weaknesses, which are in alignment with the OWASP MASVS.
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8 sourcesHello everybody,
We released version 1.2 of the OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide (MSTG)! As this is the first release after a while, there are quite a few changes. More details in our release notes: https://github.com/OWASP/owasp-mstg/releases/tag/v1.2
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In OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide (MSTG) – Version 1.2 ReleasedYou need some assembly background, then OWASP's guide[1], has all basics.
[1]: https://github.com/OWASP/owasp-mstg
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