Conferences & Talks¶

Notable Android security presentations and YouTube channels covering mobile security research.

Black Hat / DEF CON¶

Talk	Speaker	Event	Topic
Android Packers: Separating from the Pack	Maddie Stone	Black Hat USA 2020	Packer identification, unpacking methodology, APKiD development
Strandhogg: Attacking Android Through Task Affinity	Promon Research	DEF CON 27	Task affinity hijacking (CVE-2020-0096), UI spoofing
Breaking Secure Messaging on Android	Various	Black Hat USA 2023	Accessibility-based message exfiltration from E2E encrypted apps
The Art of Android Malware Analysis	Various	Black Hat USA 2024	Modern banking trojan analysis, ATS reverse engineering
Pixel 0-Click Exploit Chain	Google Project Zero	Associated research	Dolby decoder overflow + kernel sandbox escape on Pixel 9

Talk	Speaker	Event	Topic
Breaking Android's Verified Boot	Various	HITB	AVB bypass, bootloader exploitation, firmware persistence
Frida for Android Malware Analysis	Eduardo Novella	Various	Dynamic instrumentation for banking trojan analysis
DexProtector Internals	Romain Thomas	Associated research	vtable hooking, asset encryption, native bridge analysis

Channel	Focus	Notable Content
LaurieWired	Android malware analysis, reverse engineering	Malware deep-dives, assembly analysis, practical RE walkthroughs
8kSec	Mobile security research	Android kernel exploitation, app security testing
stacksmashing	Hardware hacking, reverse engineering	Hardware-adjacent Android security, Flipper Zero integration
John Hammond	General security, CTF walkthroughs	Occasional mobile security and malware analysis content
IppSec	HTB walkthroughs	Android challenge walkthroughs and mobile exploitation