Reverse Engineering Swift Applications

Reverse Engineering Swift Applications

Explore reverse engineering techniques for Swift applications in this comprehensive conference talk from HITB Security Conference. Delve into the Swift language from a security perspective, covering topics such as obtaining class information from Swift binaries, Objective-C/Swift bridging, Swift runtime manipulation, and function hooking. Learn about the challenges faced when reversing Swift apps, including symbol table analysis, name mangling, and working with stripped binaries. Gain insights into Objective-C compatibility and various methods for class dumping. Discover practical approaches to hooking Swift methods and understand the next steps in Swift application security testing.