Better Together: Combining Automation and Manual Testing

This article examines the strengths and limitations of automated mobile application security testing versus manual penetration testing, noting that automation excels at scale and pattern-based issues (e.g., hardcoded secrets, insecure storage, missing cert pinning) while manual testing uncovers business-logic flaws, chained attacks, and high-impact authorization issues; it recommends combining both approaches for mature mobile security programs.