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This course is part of the Writing Secure Code for Android Specialization
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There are 2 modules in this course

This course on Secure Coding in Android Mobile App Development is designed for mobile app developers at a beginner to intermediate level. Participants will understand the necessity of secure coding practices in mobile app development and identify common vulnerabilities and defenses. The course will explore the Android security architecture and controls, as well as Kotlin's security features specifically for Android development. Additionally, learners will gain insights into best practices for Android development security, analyze a vulnerable Kotlin Android app to identify security flaws, and implement effective input validation and sanitization techniques to protect their applications from attacks such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with the knowledge to validate input forms and evaluate the effectiveness of various input validation techniques in real-world scenarios.

This module introduces the importance of secure coding in mobile app development. It covers common security mistakes, mobile app vulnerabilities, and Android security architecture. Learners will explore Kotlin's security features and Android development security best practices. The module concludes with an examination of a deliberately vulnerable Kotlin Android app.

What's included

16 videos2 readings1 assignment

16 videos•Total 180 minutes
  • Why secure coding matters in mobile apps•10 minutes
  • Activity: OWASP Top 10 mobile vulnerabilities, part 1•11 minutes
  • Activity: OWASP Top 10 mobile vulnerabilities, part 2•12 minutes
  • Activity: OWASP Top 10 mobile vulnerabilities, part 3•13 minutes
  • Android security overview•15 minutes
  • Activity: Researching Android vulnerabilities•10 minutes
  • Kotlin secure app development overview•11 minutes
  • Beginner bonus•14 minutes
  • Activity: Creating a simple app – Hello•15 minutes
  • Activity: Creating a simple app - Greeting•10 minutes
  • Activity: Creating a simple app - Sales tax calculator, part 1•13 minutes
  • Activity: Creating a simple app - Sales tax calculator, part 2•6 minutes
  • Activity: Creating a simple app - Two activities, part 1•12 minutes
  • Activity: Creating a simple app - Two activities, part 2•6 minutes
  • Activity: Creating a simple app - Two activities calculator, part 1•12 minutes
  • Activity: Creating a simple app - Two activities calculator, part 2•10 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Secure coding in Android student guide•10 minutes
  • Secure Code in Android activity files•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Introduction to secure coding quiz•30 minutes

This module focuses on implementing input validation as a fundamental security mechanism. It covers risks associated with untrusted data, input sanitization techniques, and defenses against SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and cross-app scripting. Learners will also explore null safety, string interpolation, and form validation in Kotlin.

What's included

52 videos1 assignment

52 videos•Total 486 minutes
  • Understanding input risks•15 minutes
  • Autocompletion, part 1•11 minutes
  • Autocompletion, part 2•9 minutes
  • Activity: Securing autocompletion•5 minutes
  • Special characters, part 1•11 minutes
  • Special characters, part 2•6 minutes
  • Using special characters•11 minutes
  • Null safety•12 minutes
  • Safe call operator•5 minutes
  • Not null operator•4 minutes
  • Elvis operator•7 minutes
  • Cast operator•8 minutes
  • Smart cast•9 minutes
  • Implementing null safety, part 1•12 minutes
  • Implementing null safety, part 2•13 minutes
  • Implementing null safety, part 3•15 minutes
  • String interpolation•11 minutes
  • Understanding string interpretation•15 minutes
  • Format string attacks•8 minutes
  • Regular expressions, part 1•14 minutes
  • Regular expressions, part 2•6 minutes
  • Activity: Working with Regular Expressions in Kotlin, part 1•14 minutes
  • Activity: Working with Regular Expressions in Kotlin, part 2•10 minutes
  • Validating input•15 minutes
  • Input sanitization•7 minutes
  • Activity: Sanitizing Input•4 minutes
  • Activity: Clamping input to a range•5 minutes
  • Kotlin filter and trim•7 minutes
  • Activity: Filtering and trimming input•10 minutes
  • Cross-site attacks•14 minutes
  • Activity: Exploring cross-site scripting•10 minutes
  • Cross-app scripting•5 minutes
  • Activity: Defending against cross-app scripting•9 minutes
  • Code tampering and injection, part 1•7 minutes
  • Code tampering and injection, part 2•11 minutes
  • Code tampering and injection, part 3•9 minutes
  • Activity: Filtering a malicious QR code, part 1•9 minutes
  • Activity: Filtering a malicious QR code, part 2•4 minutes
  • SQL injection•14 minutes
  • SQL stored procedures•5 minutes
  • Object deserialization, part 1•5 minutes
  • Object deserialization, part 2•4 minutes
  • Activity: Protecting JSON with an API key, part 1•16 minutes
  • Activity: Protecting JSON with an API key, part 2•5 minutes
  • Form validation, part 1•12 minutes
  • Form validation, part 2•10 minutes
  • Form validation, part 3•6 minutes
  • Activity: Validating form input, part 1•13 minutes
  • Activity: Validating form input, part 2•5 minutes
  • WebView vulnerabilities, part 1•12 minutes
  • WebView vulnerabilities, part 2•10 minutes
  • Activity: Securing Android WebView•12 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Input validation quiz•30 minutes

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