The use of mobile devices is rising daily in this technological era. A continuous and
increasing number of mobile applications are constantly offered on mobile marketplaces to …

The behavior of software that uses the Java Reflection API is fundamentally hard to predict
by analyzing code. Only recent static analysis approaches can resolve reflection under …

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 …

The demand for automated security analysis techniques, such as static analysis based
security testing (SAST) tools continues to increase. To develop SASTs that are effectively …

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 …

In recent years, researchers have developed a number of tools to conduct taint analysis of
Android applications. While all the respective papers aim at providing a thorough empirical …

Security threats are escalating exponentially posing a serious challenge to mobile platforms,
specifically Android. In recent years the number of attacks has not only increased but each …

Direct Memory Access (DMA) is a popular mechanism for improving hardware I/O
performance, and it has been widely used by many existing device drivers. However, DMA …

Dynamic information flow analysis (DIFA) supports various security applications such as
malware analysis and vulnerability discovery. Yet traditional DIFA approaches have limited …

It is not uncommon that mobile phones are involved in criminal activities, eg, the
surreptitious collection of credit card information. Forensic analysis of mobile applications …