Nov 10, 2022What’s new in Jetpack Security Crypto Version 1.1.0-alpha04Background Note: If you are not interested in the personal story surrounding this blog and wish to skip to the juicy bit (i.e. What’s New), please feel free! However, I do think this is too surreal not to tell 😂 Today (9th Nov 2022) was probably the most bizarre day in…Android5 min readAndroid5 min read
Published in ProAndroidDev·Aug 16, 2022Unpacking Android Security: Part 3 — Insecure Communication👋 Hi and welcome to the third post in this series where we deep-dive into Android Security. This series focuses on the Top 10 Mobile security threats as determined by The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Foundation, the leading application security community in our field. Before checking this post…Android9 min readAndroid9 min read
Published in ProAndroidDev·Jun 5, 2022Unpacking Android Security: Part 2 — Insecure Data Storage👋 Hi and welcome to the second post in this series where we deep-dive into Android Security. This series focuses on the Top 10 Mobile security threats as determined by The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Foundation, the leading application security community in our field. Before checking this post…Android10 min readAndroid10 min read
Published in ProAndroidDev·Feb 4, 2022Unpacking Android Security: Part 1 — Improper Platform Usage👋 Hi and welcome to a new series of blog posts in which we shall deep-dive into Android Security. This series will primarily focus on the Top 10 Mobile security threats as determined by The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Foundation, the leading application security community in our field. …Android6 min readAndroid6 min read
Published in The ASOS Tech Blog·Sep 17, 2021A day in the life of… Ed George (Senior Android Developer)This ‘day in the life of’ series gives you an insight into what a typical day looks like for our people in Tech at ASOS (hint: there isn’t one) and how they started their careers. Hopefully, you take something inspirational away from it. This one’s about Ed George, a Senior…Technology5 min readTechnology5 min read
Aug 7, 2021Learning to ‘Hack Android’ with picoCTFOver the last few weeks and in part thanks to my new fascination with Android app security, I have recently found myself heavily invested in cyber security content online. …Android10 min readAndroid10 min read
Jul 30, 2021Hands on with Jetpack’s Security App Authenticator libraryInitially released as an alpha during early May 2021, Jetpack’s App Authenticator library is an exciting addition to the ever growing list of security libraries coming from Android’s Jetpack team. But what is its purpose? In the libraries own words it states the following: AppAuthenticator is a new library aimed…Android5 min readAndroid5 min read
Mar 14, 2021Projecting the Future: Remote IDEsIt’s 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging on, causing untold turmoil and meaning “life as we previously knew it” to be a long-forgotten thing of the past. …Android6 min readAndroid6 min read
Mar 13, 2021The Fright Before Christmas: How a MediaPlayer and OBB file nearly ruined my holidaysHello and welcome to my final post of 2020, a year that has been full of ups and downs, face masks, viruses, and some seriously strange goings-on within an Android project I maintain. This post is a fun retrospective on an issue faced within the said project, how it was…Android9 min readAndroid9 min read
Jul 15, 2020How To: Sorting and Reporting Your Dependencies Versions with GradleDisclaimer: In a part of this post, we will look at how to generate a report of our Gradle project’s dependencies with their available upgrades. My experience with this was in an Android multi-module project but it should apply to just about anything that uses Gradle. The Backstory 📚 At work as part…Android6 min readAndroid6 min read
