Beyond app logic — break the native layer

Android AppSec bends app logic; exploit development attacks memory in native code (C/C++ via JNI, system daemons, the kernel). This is the deepest, highest-value mobile skill — and it needs a real device you can crash and debug at will.

👑 Elite lab: will run on a real cloud Android device (Corellium) with kernel debugging — coming soon. Study the ARM64 + exploitation method now.

Prereqs: you should already own C for Hackers, Exploit Dev and Assembly — this course ports those primitives (overflow → control flow → ROP) to ARM64 and Android's mitigations.

🎯 Challenge: Name the layer each targets: Android AppSec vs Android Exploit Dev — and why native bugs are more powerful.

Show solution

AppSec = the app's Dalvik/Java logic & config. Exploit Dev = native memory (JNI C/C++, libraries, daemons, kernel). Native memory corruption can yield arbitrary code execution and cross the app sandbox / reach root — far beyond logic bypasses.

Liked it? 11 more lessons are waiting.

Mobile Elite course — sold separately, not part of the subscription.

Get the full course · CHF 19 Open in the course reader

What's in Android Exploit Development

1. Native Exploitation on AndroidFree
2. ARM64 Assembly Crash-Course🔒 Foundations
3. The JNI Boundary — Where Bugs Live🔒 Reverse Engineering
4. Finding & Triggering a Memory Bug🔒 Exploitation
5. Android Mitigations & Modern Chains🔒 Concepts
6. Reversing JNI/NDK Libraries🔒 Reverse Engineering
7. Native Memory-Corruption Bug Classes🔒 Concepts
8. What Each Mitigation Means for You🔒 Concepts
9. Return-Oriented Programming on ARM64🔒 Exploitation
10. Fuzzing Native Libs with AFL++🔒 Bug Hunting
11. Triaging a Crash for Exploitability🔒 Exploitation
12. Final Exam — Own the Native Layer🔒 Certification

Continue in the interactive course reader →

Native Exploitation on Android

Beyond app logic — break the native layer

Liked it? 11 more lessons are waiting.

What's in Android Exploit Development