Repackaging popular benign apps with malicious payload used to be the most common way
to spread Android malware. Nevertheless, since 2016, we have observed an alarming new …

Since Android is the most widespread operating system, malware targeting it poses a severe
threat to the security and privacy of millions of users and is increasing from year to year. The …

The Android system protects its users' privacy via app permissions, which govern apps'
access to sensitive data and resources. However, recent research has reported that, during …

A growing trend in repackaging attacks exploits the Android virtualization technique, in
which malicious code can run together with the victim app in a virtual container. In such a …

App-level virtualization becomes increasingly popular. It allows multiple instances of an
application to run simultaneously on the same Android system, without requiring …

App repackaging has raised serious concerns to the Android ecosystem with the repackage-
proofing technology attracting attention in the Android research community. In this article, we …

Android virtualization enables an app to create a virtual environment, in which other apps
can run. Originally designed to overcome the limitations of mobile apps dimensions …

The Android Plugin is a new application-level virtualization technology in Android system.
Android Plugin allows a host app to create a virtual environment, in which any other APK …

Many Android apps today face problems such as the large application package (APK) size,
frequent updates, and so on. The Android plugin technology provides a solution for app …

App virtualization provides the host app with the ability to load ordinary apps inside its
process. These loaded apps, called plugin apps, execute with the identity of the host app …