Red Team cybersecurity lectures. Android offensive operations: theory, engineering and red prerequisites

di Gerardo Iovane (Autore)

Germano Ingenito (Autore)

Aracne (Genzano di Roma), 2026

Android is everywhere. From smartwatches to industrial control systems, it powers the modern world silently — but not invisibly. Beneath its open architecture and global reach lies a complex battlefield that few truly understand, where security is never a given, but rather a fragile and shifting balance. This book is far more than another textbook on cybersecurity. It is an immersive exploration into the mindset, the tools, and the calculated chaos of those who analyze Android from an offensive perspective. It charts the ongoing and often invisible war that unfolds across mobile ecosystems, where permissions, code structures, user behaviors, and psychological vectors converge in intricate and frequently unexpected ways. From early reconnaissance and social engineering to the crafting of obfuscated payloads, stealth delivery vectors, adaptive execution, and forensic evasion, this volume reveals what many have suspected: that the edge of mobile security is no longer fixed — it is advancing rapidly. Each chapter is rooted in operational experience, enriched with field-tested strategies as well as theoretical constructs. The reader will not merely understand how attacks function — they will learn how those attacks evolve, and how to think like the individuals who design them. This work is not intended for the casual reader or curious enthusiast. It speaks to professionals — red team operators, security engineers, mobile analysts, and those responsible for exposing and securing systems that were never engineered with complete protection in mind. Fusing conceptual rigor with practical insight, the book presents new offensive techniques, revives overlooked ones, and challenges the reader to consider an uncomfortable reality: in the mobile environment, the most dangerous threat may already be running — silently — within trusted applications. This book is not a manual. It is a call to explore, to dissect, and to dismantle the illusion of mobile invulnerability.

• Autore: Gerardo Iovane, Germano Ingenito
• Editore: Aracne (Genzano di Roma)
• Anno edizione: 2026
• In commercio dal: 9 marzo 2026
• Tipo: Libro universitario
• Pagine: 1100 p., Brossura
• EAN: 9791221825695