At the end of June, the workshop explains in a practical way how developers can better secure their source code in order to make reverse engineering attacks more difficult.
To protect customer data and To protect app code, anti-reverse engineering measures for apps with high protection requirements – such as in the financial sector or healthcare – play a central role. If a penetration test reveals that such measures are missing or incorrectly implemented, this jeopardizes the publication of the app. Countermeasures can make reverse engineering more difficult by tying up more of the attacker’s resources and increasing his costs.
Basics and defense
The online workshop Reverse -Understand and Defend against Engineering of iOS Apps is intended for iOS developers who develop software with Xcode. On June 23 and 24, 2022, the event will provide the basic knowledge required to understand what reverse engineering is all about and how to defend against such attacks.
Security specialist Sven Faßbender will explain the Basics of ARM processor architecture and associated assembly code. In the workshop you will learn the basics of reverse engineering in a practical way and in this context you will learn the differences as well as advantages and disadvantages between native programming with Swift or Objective-C and cross-platform development, for example with Cordova or Flutter. You will also learn how to achieve your goals with professional (free) software and, based on code examples, see how to improve and defend the source code.
Practical workshop at the end of June
Specific prior knowledge for reverse engineering are not required. You should be familiar with the macOS command line and Xcode as well as the basics of app development. Before the workshop, participants will receive a virtual Linux distribution for VMware with the necessary tools. If desired, a free preparatory session will help set up the tools in the run-up to the event.
The workshop will take place via Zoom (GDPR-compliant) on June 23 and 24, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m . The price for a ticket is 990 euros.
