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👉 Overview
👀 What ?
Frida is a dynamic code instrumentation toolkit, primarily used for reverse engineering and dynamic analysis of applications. In the context of Android, Frida allows us to inject snippets of JavaScript or our own library into running processes. This can be used to alter the application's behavior, inspect the application's state, or even manipulate its data.
🧐 Why ?
Understanding how an application works internally is crucial for various reasons. For a penetration tester, understanding the inner workings of an application can reveal vulnerabilities that can be exploited. For a developer, it can help in debugging and optimizing the application. Frida is a powerful tool that aids in these tasks by allowing dynamic analysis, which is the ability to inspect an application as it runs in a live environment.
⛏️ How ?
Getting started with Frida involves several steps: 1) Install Frida server on your Android device/emulator. 2) Install Frida client on your host machine. 3) Connect the Frida client to the server. 4) Now, you can start analyzing applications by injecting scripts into them. Remember, the application must be running for Frida to be able to hook into it.
⏳ When ?
Frida has been in use for several years by security researchers, developers, and testers. Its use has increased significantly with the rise of mobile applications and the need to ensure their security.
⚙️ Technical Explanations
At its core, Frida is a two-component system consisting of a server and a client. The server is a daemon that runs on the device (or emulator) where the application to be analyzed is running. It's responsible for injecting the Frida agent (which is essentially a JavaScript runtime) into the running processes. The client, which runs on the tester's machine, communicates with the server, allows the tester to write scripts in JavaScript that interact with the running application. These scripts have the power to call native functions, read and write memory, and even create new native threads.