🔴 Executive Offense - Mobile Hacking Exclusive with Suhbo Halder

Hey all!

This month I got to sit down with an old friend and mobile security OG, Subho Halder—co-founder and CTO of Appknox—for a deep dive into mobile app security, the evolution of the space, and where things are headed next. Subho and I go way back—over a decade—to our early Black Hat days teaching mobile training together. So this convo was part nostalgia, part geek-out, and packed with insights.

We covered a lot: the early struggles of binary analysis before Frida changed the game, how mobile security has shifted from static “grep-the-strings” testing to full-on ML-powered data flow analysis, and why mobile APIs continue to be a goldmine for business logic flaws. Subho also shared how Appknox has evolved to now offer SAST, DAST, API testing, SBOM, and even store monitoring with takedown support for fake apps—seriously cool stuff.

If you’re into mobile hacking, appsec, or just want a peek into how modern offensive security teams are testing mobile ecosystems, you’ll love this one. We also touch on the future of LLMs on-device, how AI is shifting the mobile landscape, and Subho drops a few spicy vulns he and his team found recently (without naming names, of course). Definitely worth a watch or listen—grab a coffee and dig in. 👇

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We will see you next issue in “The Training Landscape” part 2!