From the course: Android App Security: A Structured Approach to Pen Testing
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Common terminologies - Android Tutorial
From the course: Android App Security: A Structured Approach to Pen Testing
Common terminologies
- [Instructor] Before we move further into the course, let us understand some key recurring terms. The first is automated testing. Automated testing is an activity where we hook our target application with a tool. This tool then runs multiple test cases on the application and records their output. Once the analysis is over, it will present its finding in a format like HTML, PDF, or even an Excel sheet. Entire process requires minimal human interaction. Manual testing on the other hand is where we do these exact same activities but every step, that is running the test case, recording results, and reporting is done manually. I know it sounds pretty exhausting and to some extent you would be right, but the fact is that both those techniques have their own advantages as well as disadvantages. There are certain vulnerabilities that you can easily find using an automated test, while others requires extensive manual efforts.…
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