App Store Analysis studies information about applications obtained from app stores. App
stores provide a wealth of information derived from users that would not exist had the …

Third-party libraries (TPLs) have been widely used in mobile apps, which play an essential
part in the entire Android ecosystem. However, TPL is a double-edged sword. On the one …

Mobile app ecosystems have experienced tremendous growth in the last six years. This has
triggered research on dynamic analysis of performance, security, and correctness properties …

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 …

Many Android applications are distributed for free but are supported by advertisements. Ad
libraries embedded in the app fetch content from the ad provider and display it on the app's …

The proliferation of mobile apps is due in part to the advertising ecosystem which enables
developers to earn revenue while providing free apps. Ad-supported apps can be …

We present an app automation tool called Brahmastra for hel** app stores and security
researchers to test thirdparty components in mobile apps at runtime. The main challenge is …

The" free app" distribution model has been extremely popular with end users and
developers. Developers use mobile ads to generate revenue and cover the cost of …

Mobile advertisement (ad for short) is a major financial pillar for developers to provide free
mobile apps. However, it is frequently thwarted by ad fraud, where rogue code tricks ad …

Although mobile ad frauds have been widespread, state-of-the-art approaches in the
literature have mainly focused on detecting the so-called static placement frauds, where only …