Your team runs a SAST scan on every commit and a DAST scan before release. The dashboard is green. Yet the app heading to the App Store has never been tested the way an attacker will actually approach it. This is the gap that catches DevSecOps teams who carry web testing habits into mobile. SAST,...

Your app passed every functional test, shipped on schedule, and cleared app store review. None of that tells you whether an attacker can pull a hardcoded API key out of the package in ten minutes. Closing that gap is the job of mobile application security testing. Mobile application security testing, or MAST, is the practice...

There is a common and dangerous assumption in many organisations: “We run SAST and DAST on our web applications, our APIs are tested, our infrastructure is hardened so our mobile app must be secure too, because it just talks to the same backend.” The assumption is understandable. The mobile app and the web app often...

You have decided that mobile app security testing needs to happen. Maybe the NESA audit is approaching. Maybe the CISO asked for a report on the mobile banking app. Maybe a peer organisation suffered a breach and the board wants assurance. Whatever the trigger, the question is no longer “why” it is “how quickly can...

If you are an MSSP or cybersecurity consultancy operating in the UAE or GCC, you are already delivering managed security services to your clients SOC monitoring, VAPT engagements, compliance advisory, endpoint protection. Your clients trust you with their security, and that trust is the most valuable asset in your business. Here is the question: when...

Your first mobile app security scan will almost certainly produce dozens of findings. Some will be Critical. Some will be Informational. Most will fall somewhere in between. The question that follows immediately is: which ones do we fix first? Severity ratings are a starting point, but they are not the full picture. A Critical finding...

Here is the timeline that most organisations follow when they publish a mobile app update: the development team completes the build, QA runs their functional tests, the product manager approves the release, and the APK is submitted to the Google Play Store. Within hours, the new version is live and accessible to every user who...

If your organisation holds a licence from the Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority, you are subject to the SAMA Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). And if your organisation publishes a mobile banking or payment application which, in 2026, means virtually every SAMA-licensed institution that application is within scope for quarterly compliance reporting. This post breaks down the specific...

NESA auditors are no longer satisfied with a generic vulnerability scan and a checklist. When they assess your mobile applications, they are looking for specific evidence of security controls mapped to recognised standards and they know what the most common failures look like. This post describes seven vulnerability classes that we see consistently in mobile...

Most people who have never used a mobile application security testing tool imagine something complicated. A command-line interface. Weeks of configuration. A team of security experts interpreting raw output. The reality is significantly simpler and significantly faster. This post walks you through exactly what happens when you scan a mobile application with HEXMobileSuite, from the...