Exclusive: Santoku Beta – The New Mobile Forensics, Malware Analysis and App Security Testing Distro

Santoku is dedicated to mobile forensics, analysis, and security, and packaged in an easy to use, Open Source platform.
It is based on a fork of the OWASP’s MobiSec distro (kudos to them).

A bootable Linux environment designed to make life easier.

• Pre-installed platform SDKs, drivers, and utilities
• Pre-configured GUI frameworks, such as PyGTK to support GUI tools
• GUI tools for easy deployment and control of mobile apps
• Auto Detection and setup of new connected mobile devices

Tools to forensically acquire and analyze data.

• Firmware flashing tools for multiple manufacturers
• Imaging tools for NAND, media cards, and RAM
• Free versions of some commercial forensics tools
• Useful scripts and utilities specifically designed for mobile forensics

Tools useful when examining mobile malware

• Mobile device emulators
• Utilities to simulate network services for dynamic analysis
• Decompilation and disassembly tools
• Access to malware databases

Supporting security assessment of mobile apps.

• Decompilation and disassembly tools
• Scripts to detect common issues in mobile applications
• Scripts to automate decrypting binaries, deploying apps, enumerating app details, and more

Tools Integrated with this beta release

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