A pervasive increase in the adoption rate of smartphones with Android OS is noted in recent
years. Android's popular and attractive environment not only captured the attention of users …

In the age of increasing mobile and smart connectivity, malware poses an ever evolving
threat to individuals, societies and nations. Anti-malware companies are often the first and …

We present a new approach to static analysis for security vetting of Android apps and a
general framework called Amandroid. Amandroid determines points-to information for all …

Third-party libraries on Android have been shown to be security and privacy hazards by
adding security vulnerabilities to their host apps or by misusing inherited access rights …

While many studies have looked at privacy properties of the Android and Google Play app
ecosystem, comparatively much less is known about iOS and the Apple App Store, the most …

Third-party libraries (TPLs) as essential parts in the mobile ecosystem have become one of
the most significant contributors to the huge success of Android, which facilitate the fast …

Third-party libraries in Android apps have repeatedly been shown to be hazards to the
users' privacy and an amplification of their host apps' attack surface. A particularly …

China is one of the largest Android markets in the world. As Chinese users cannot access
Google Play to buy and install Android apps, a number of independent app stores have …

Third-party libraries play a key role in software development as they can relieve developers
of the heavy burden of re-implementing common functionalities. However, third-party …

With the thriving of the mobile app markets, third-party libraries are pervasively integrated in
the Android applications. Third-party libraries provide functionality such as advertisements …