From Nokia to iPhone: What Pen Testers Learned - Bartosz Czernic-Goławski
From Nokia to iPhone: What Pen Testers Learned - Bartosz Czernic-Goławski

From Nokia to iPhone: What Pen Testers Learned - Bartosz Czernic-Goławski

Software Testing Unleashed - QA, DevEx & Quality Engineering


16.04.2026 • 33 Min.

In this episode, I talk with Bartosz Czernic-Goławski, a penetration testing and cybersecurity expert, about how mobile security has evolved from Nokia's indestructible brick phones to today's pocket-sized computers. We trace the journey from analog networks that anyone could eavesdrop on to modern smartphones that demand excessive permissions and collect sensor data every second. Bartosz reveals how attackers use overlay attacks to steal banking credentials, why iOS users aren't as secure as they think, and what phone freaks in the 1980s can teach us about today's vulnerabilities.