Frida is a dynamic instrumentation toolkit used to hook into a running app and observe or change what it does at runtime. Testers use it to trace function calls, inspect data in memory and check whether defences such as pinning or root detection actually hold.
It is a core technique in dynamic and runtime mobile testing, because it shows real behaviour rather than what the code appears to do.
Related terms
Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) TestingMobexa tests the exact Android or iOS build you ship and maps every finding to the OWASP Mobile Top 10 and MASVS.
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