Hacking Android

Explore every nook and cranny of the Android OS to modify your device and guard it against security threats

Hacking Android
About This Book

• Understand and counteract against offensive security threats to your applications
• Maximize your device's power and potential to suit your needs and curiosity
• See exactly how your smartphone's OS is put together (and where the seams are)

Who This Book Is For
This book is for anyone who wants to learn about Android security. Software developers, QA professionals, and beginner- to intermediate-level security professionals will find this book helpful. Basic knowledge of Android programming would be a plus.

What You Will Learn

• Acquaint yourself with the fundamental building blocks of Android Apps in the right way
• Pentest Android apps and perform various attacks in the real world using real case studies
• Take a look at how your personal data can be stolen by malicious attackers
• Understand the offensive maneuvers that hackers use
• Discover how to defend against threats
• Get to know the basic concepts of Android rooting
• See how developers make mistakes that allow attackers to steal data from phones
• Grasp ways to secure your Android apps and devices
• Find out how remote attacks are possible on Android devices

In Detail
With the mass explosion of Android mobile phones in the world, mobile devices have become an integral part of our everyday lives. Security of Android devices is a broad subject that should be part of our everyday lives to defend against ever-growing smartphone attacks. Everyone, starting with end users all the way up to developers and security professionals should care about android security.

Hacking Android is a step-by-step guide that will get you started with Android security. You'll begin your journey at the absolute basics, and then will slowly gear up to the concepts of Android rooting, application security assessments, malware, infecting APK files, and fuzzing. On this journey you'll get to grips with various tools and techniques that can be used in your everyday pentests. You'll gain the skills necessary to perform Android application vulnerability assessment and penetration testing and will create an Android pentesting lab.

Style and approach
This comprehensive guide takes a step-by-step approach and is explained in a conversational and easy-to-follow style. Each topic is explained sequentially in the process of performing a successful penetration test. We also include detailed explanations as well as screenshots of the basic and advanced concepts.

NFC For Dummies

NFC For Dummies
Your no-nonsense guide to Near Field Communication
Are you a newcomer to Near Field Communication and baffled by the scant documentation and online support available for this powerful new technology? You've come to the right place! Written in a friendly and easily accessible manner, NFC For Dummies takes the intimidation out of working with the features of NFC-enabled devices and tells you exactly what it is and what it does—and doesn't do.

NFC is revolutionizing the way people interact on a daily basis. It enables big data and cloud-based computing through mobile devices and can be used by anyone with a smartphone or tablet every day! Soon to be as commonplace as using Wi-Fi or the camera on your smartphone, NFC is going to forever change the way we interact with people and the things around us. It simplifies the sending and receiving of information, makes monetary transactions simple and secure—Apple Pay already uses NFC—and is a low-cost product to manufacture and use. As more developers create apps with NFC, you're going to see it used regularly—everywhere from cash registers to your social media accounts to electronic identity systems. Don't get left behind; get up to speed on NFC today!

• Provides a plain-English overview of NFC
• Covers the history and technology behind NFC
• Helps you make sense of IoT and powered chips
• Explains proximity technologies and non-payment applications

Whether you're a developer, investor, or a mobile phone user who is excited about the capabilities of this rapidly growing technology, NFC For Dummies is the reference you'll want to keep close at hand!

Free eBook - Android Quick Start Guide, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)

Free from Google Play - Android Quick Start Guide, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Introduces Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) for Nexus and Android One devices. Available globally. For complete online help, see https://goo.gl/e178JT.

Home Automation For Dummies

The easy way to control your home appliances

Home Automation For Dummies
Do you want to control common household appliances and amenities from your smartphone or tablet, wherever you happen to be? Home Automation For Dummies guides you through installing and setting up app-controlled devices in your home, such as heating and air conditioning, lighting, multimedia systems, game consoles, and security and monitoring devices—and even suggests popular products to consider.

The saturation of the mobile market with smart devices has led to an upsurge in domestic devices, such as thermostats, refrigerators, smoke detectors, security systems, among others, that can be controlled by those devices. Both Google and Apple offer fully-integrated solutions for connecting mobile devices to home theater and audio systems, and now Google has branched out into smart thermostats and smoke detectors. If you've caught the bug and want to get your feet wet in this cool new phenomenon, Home Automation For Dummies gives you plain-English, step-by-step instructions for tech-ifying your home without breaking a sweat.

• Provides clear instructions on remotely controlling your home appliances
• Shows you how to set preferences to automatically adjust lighting or temperature
• Explores digital "life hacks" that explain how non-app-ready appliances can be controlled via smart phones using third-party go-betweens
• Covers an emerging segment of the industry that was one of the primary focuses of this year's Consumer Electronic Show

If you're looking to find new ways to simplify and better control your home environment using app-driven devices, your phone, or tablet, Home Automation For Dummies makes it easier.

Chinese Phone and Tablet Beginners User Guide: All Android Versions 4.0 Thru 5.0 Lollipop: Asus Cubot Huawei Iocean Jiayu Lenovo Oppo Oneplus Star THL Xiaomi Zopo ZTE & Others

Chinese Phone & Tablet Beginners User Guide: All Android Versions 4.0 Thru 5.0 Lollipop: Asus Cubot Huawei Iocean Jiayu Lenovo Oppo Oneplus Star THL Xiaomi Zopo ZTE & Others

This new guide is packed with all the essentials you will need, and contains almost 250 icons and illustrations to help a beginner use an android tablet or phone. The LOOK INSIDE feature previews extracts from throughout the guide, not only the beginning, to give you a better idea of the contents.

This new guide is covers all current android versions starting at version 4.0, released in 2011, right through to the latest version A.0, codenamed lollipop, which was launched in November 2014 and is being updated to millions of handsets.

There is also a section on leading Chinese phone models, advising website names, where you can obtain technical specifications and reviews, and some of the pitfalls of purchasing direct from China.

The guide is aimed at readers who have never operated any Android device previously, and is styled on my existing guide- Android User Guide for android versions 4.0 - 4.4 , which sold almost 900 copies through only two outlets in the last year with an almost 100% feedback. Feedback included words such as- a lifesaver, worth every penny, just right for beginners, well written, clear instructions, brilliant book. The most critical information, which a beginner needs, is explained in detail, click by click, generally in the order that the reader needs it, in the early parts of the guide, plus many links are provided to other external user guides for selected apps, which the reader can consult later. At the end of the guide is a three page summary of the icons and controls used in navigating the Android system, to serve as a reference chart for future use.

Most readers running version 4.4 KitKat will receive a free update to version 5.0, lollipop in any case, so this guide will give them a good idea of what to expect, when their device updates, and readers using the older versions of android- 4.0 - 4.3 will be able to get a feel for this brand new android version, if they are contemplating buying a new device.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR Having retired 2 years ago, after 30 years in export sales, marketing and IT, I looked around for something to fill in my time. I love technology and having owned countless unbranded Android smart phones, tablets and Android TV units, I felt there was a need for beginners' user guides, so I wrote this. I do hope that you will consider purchasing it. Thanks

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART A -BASIC CONTROLS & SWITCHING ON-ALL ANDROID VERSIONS
THE MAIN ICONS & NAVIGATION CONTROLS
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR DEVICE
SWITCHING ON FOR THE FIRST TIME
OVERCOMING THE SCREEN LOCK
CONNECTING TO YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK
ADJUSTING YOUR MOST IMPORTANT SETTINGS
OVERVIEW OF EMAIL & IMPORTING CONTACTS
PART B - APPLIES TO ANDROID 4 ONLY
LOCK SCREEN - ANDROID 4
QUICK SETTINGS MENU- ANDROID 4
DESKTOP SCREENS - ANDROID 4
CUSTOMISATION - ANDROID 4
CONTACTS APP - ANDROID 4
PHONE APP - ANDROID 4
TEXT MESSAGING APP - ANDROID 4
PART C - APPLIES TO ANDROID 5 LOLLIPOP ONLY
LOCK SCREEN - ANDROID 5
NOTIFICATION SETTINGS - ANDROID 5
QUICK SETTINGS MENU- ANDROID 5
DESKTOP SCREENS - ANDROID 5
CONTACTS APP USER GUIDE - ANDROID 5
MESSENGER APP USER GUIDE - ANDROID 5
PHONE APP USER GUIDE - ANDROID 5
PART D - APPLIES TO ALL ANDROID VERSIONS
GMAIL APP - UPDATED VERSION - USER GUIDE
K-9 MAIL USER GUIDE
TRANSFERRING DATA FROM WINDOWS PC TO YOUR DEVICE
CLOUD STORAGE
FILE MANAGEMENT
GOOGLE PLAY STORE
SOME OF THE BEST APPS
ANTIVIRUS
GOOGLE CALENDAR
MICROSOFT OFFICE
MUSIC PLAYER
PHOTOS
PRINTER
TASKS
VIDEO PLAYER
WEB BROWSERS
CREATING WEB PAGE DESKTOP SHORTCUTS
SMARTPHONES- AVOIDING EXCESS DATA CHARGES
SMARTPHONES - PREVENTING UNAUTHORISED USE
SMARTPHONES - LOST OR STOLEN
NAVIGATION CONTROL ICONS SUMMARY

FREE Android Quick Start Guide, Android 5.0, Lollipop, by Google

Google provide FREE book Android Quick Start Guide, Android 5.0, Lollipop on Google Play Books. Introduces Android 5.0™ (Lollipop) for Nexus and Google Play edition devices. Available globally. For complete online help, see http://support.google.com/android.