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

Automated testing of Android apps is essential for app users, app developers, and market
maintainer communities alike. Given the widespread adoption of Android and the …

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 …

The Android packaging model offers ample opportunities for malware writers to piggyback
malicious code in popular apps, which can then be easily spread to a large user base …

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 …

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 …

The Android Application Programming Interface provides the necessary building blocks for
app developers to harness the functionalities of the Android devices, including for interacting …

Android developers heavily use reflection in their apps for legitimate reasons, but also
significantly for hiding malicious actions. Unfortunately, current state-of-the-art static analysis …

Open source components are ubiquitous in companies' setups, processes, and software.
Utilizing these external components as building blocks enables companies to leverage the …