Denial of Service (DoS) attacks aim to disrupt an application or device’s availability by overwhelming or incapacitating its resources. In the mobile ecosystem, DoS can take many forms—from draining the battery to completely disabling or even “bricking” the device. Mobile Denial of Service Testing evaluates these threats, ensuring your app and device remain functional under adverse conditions.
Tests Performed in Denial of Service Assessments
Battery Abuse
We simulate high-frequency wake locks, excessive background processing, and resource-heavy API calls to determine if attackers can drain the device’s battery rapidly, leading to unexpected shutdowns or severe battery degradation.
Disable the Device
This test explores vulnerabilities in system services and hardware interfaces that, when abused, can render the device unresponsive or force it into a persistent “safe mode.” We verify robust handling of malformed requests or malformed protocols that target core OS components.
Brick the Device
We assess whether malicious inputs—such as corrupted firmware updates, malformed bootloader commands, or exploited native libraries—can irreversibly damage the device’s firmware or boot sequence, causing permanent failure to boot or function.