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System Weakness

Using vulnerable libraries in iOS apps Part 1

Walkthrough of exploiting an incorrect authorisation vulnerability in apps using the GCDWebServer library

7 min readJul 15, 2022

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Using vulnerable libraries in iOS apps Part 1

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ITNEXT

Risks of using third-party libraries in iOS apps

How high is the risk of introducing vulnerabilities to iOS apps through third-party libraries?

5 min readJul 13, 2022

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Risks of using third-party libraries in iOS apps

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ITNEXT

Autoreleasepool and swift

Memory management in swift is handled with ARC (= automatic reference counting). This means that active references to objects are counted…

4 min readFeb 5, 2022

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Autoreleasepool and swift

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Dev Genius

SwiftDependencyChecker — check CocoaPods, Carthage and Swift PM dependencies for known…

One source of vulnerabilities in our applications is the use of vulnerable versions of third party libraries. There are public…

6 min readJan 10, 2022

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SwiftDependencyChecker — check CocoaPods, Carthage and Swift PM dependencies for known…

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Kristiina Rahkema
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ITNEXT

Tail recursion in swift

Example on what it is and how to avoid call stack overflows.

4 min readJul 19, 2021

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Tail recursion in swift

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Kristiina Rahkema

Most and least smelly open source iOS apps

Empirical analysis of code smells

3 min readSep 10, 2020

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Most and least smelly open source iOS apps

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Dev Genius

Analysis of open source iOS apps

How smelly is the code and what about testing?

4 min readJun 7, 2020

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Analysis of open source iOS apps

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Better Programming

Weak and unowned keywords in Swift

and why it is important to use them in closures— an example.

7 min readSep 16, 2019

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Weak and unowned keywords in Swift

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Kristiina Rahkema
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The Startup

OWASP mobile top 10 security risks explained with real world examples

As mobile application developers we should be familiar with possible security risks that a mobile application might face. Knowing possible…

7 min readMay 17, 2019

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OWASP mobile top 10 security risks explained with real world examples

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Kristiina Rahkema

Kristiina Rahkema

I’m an iOS developer with an interest in app security. I’m also a PhD student and junior researcher working on static analysis for mobile applications.

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