Blogs by Barry O'Rourke
Barry O'Rourke
Barry O’Rourke is a cybersecurity engineer and mobile developer. At Approov, Barry worked on mobile and API security. His work covered critical topics such as API abuse, certificate pinning, and securing backend services against misuse, where he helped developers to understand practical mobile security challenges.
Posts on
- Mobile API Security (198)
- Mobile App Authentication (93)
- Mobile App Development (85)
- Mobile App Security (78)
- Mobile Security (74)
- Threats (74)
- API Abuse (64)
- Integration (56)
- API Keys (52)
- MitM (49)
- Bots (43)
- Business (38)
- Certificate Pinning (35)
- Reverse Engineering (31)
- Quickstart (26)
- App Attestation (25)
- Android Security (24)
- Backend (24)
- TLS (22)
- Repackaged Apps (20)
- Mobile Finance (18)
- Scrapers (18)
- iOS (18)
- RASP (14)
- Connected Car (13)
- Zero Trust (13)
- Mobile Health (12)
- Gaming and Gambling (11)
- News (10)
- Run-time Secrets Protection (10)
- ReactNative (9)
- Third Party APIs (8)
- Fake Accounts (7)
- Huawei (7)
- Retail (7)
- API Gateway (6)
- Account Hijacking (6)
- Apple (6)
- Compliance & Privacy (6)
- Cybersecurity (5)
- Google (5)
- OAuth2 (5)
- Reverse Proxy (5)
- Zero Secret (5)
- App Store (4)
- Code Obfuscation (4)
- Cross-Platform (4)
- OWASP (4)
- Web Security (4)
- Aggregators (3)
- Cloud (3)
- Data Security (3)
- E-Commerce (3)
- Mobile App Distribution (3)
- Runtime Application Self-Protection (3)
- SafetyNet (3)
- Token-Based API Access (3)
- gRPC (3)
- Agentic AI (2)
- Frida (2)
- Frontend (2)
- Mobile Banking (2)
- Mobile Payment Security (2)
- Pentesting (2)
- SDLC (2)
- AI Scraping (1)
- App Shielding (1)
- CNIL (1)
- Credential Stuffing (1)
- DeviceCheck (1)
- Google Play (1)
- Government (1)
- SDK (1)
- Supply-chain (1)
Popular Posts
- Revealing the Limitations of Apple DeviceCheck and Apple App Attest
- How to Bypass Certificate Pinning with Frida on an Android App
- Limitations of Google Play Integrity API vs. Approov Mobile Security
- How to Extract an API Key from a Mobile App by Static Binary Analysis
- Securing APIs with Approov and Cloudflare: A Comprehensive Guide
- MitM Attacks on Android Apps: A Step-by-Step Guide Using Emulators
- Are You Human, Robot or Just Impatient?
- Three Actions You Should Take Right Now to Stop Mobile MitM Attacks
- 5 Threats to Mobile Games and 5 Essential Security Measures
- Bypassing Certificate Pinning
- Secure Your Mobile App from Geo-Spoofing with Robust API Integration
- Limitations of Huawei HarmonyOS Safety Detect: What You Need to Know
- How to Ride the Bus for Free (Hackers Need Not Apply)
- Why Does Your Mobile App Need an API Key?
- Limitations of Hardware-Backed Key Attestation in Mobile Security
