Context Static analysis exploits techniques that parse program source code or bytecode,
often traversing program paths to check some program properties. Static analysis …

With the widespread use of smartphones, the number of malware has been increasing
exponentially. Among smart devices, android devices are the most targeted devices by …

The openness and extensibility of Android have made it a popular platform for mobile
devices and a strong candidate to drive the Internet-of-Things. Unfortunately, these …

Most existing Android malware detection and categorization techniques are static
approaches, which suffer from evasion attacks, such as obfuscation. By analyzing program …

Currently, Android malware detection is mostly performed on server side against the
increasing number of malware. Powerful computing resource provides more exhaustive …

Mobile operating systems like Android failed to provide sufficient protection on personal
data, and privacy leakage becomes a major concern. To understand the security risks and …

In parallel with the meteoric rise of mobile software, we are witnessing an alarming
escalation in the number and sophistication of the security threats targeted at mobile …

While online developer forums are major resources of knowledge for application
developers, their roles in promoting better privacy practices remain underexplored. In this …

Inter-Component Communication (ICC) provides a message passing mechanism for data
exchange between Android applications. It has been long believed that inter-app ICCs can …

This work develops a static analysis to create a model of the behavior of an Android
application's GUI. We propose the window transition graph (WTG), a model representing the …