Converting iDevice to a pentesting device

Have you ever thought of using your pocket device as a pentesting device? Yeah, it's possible to use your iDevice as a pentesting device. If you are a pentester, then you can run the most used security tools on iDevice itself. You can use your iDevice for the purposes of scripting, vulnerability assessment, and penetrating testing of a network, web, and wireless with certain limitations.

Let's follow the given steps to use your iDevice as a pentesting device.

  1. You can execute Python scripts right from your iDevice by installing Python and Terminal on it. You can install Python and Terminal from Cydia. Terminal that is installed via Cydia is same as your Linux terminal, where you execute commands:
  2. You can also ...

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