With the integration of mobile devices into daily life, smartphones are privy to increasing
amounts of sensitive information. Sophisticated mobile malware, particularly Android …

Android malware has been in an increasing trend in recent years due to the pervasiveness
of Android operating system. Android malware is installed and run on the smartphones …

Today's smartphones are a ubiquitous source of private and confidential data. At the same
time, smartphone users are plagued by carelessly programmed apps that leak important …

As Android has become increasingly popular, so has malware targeting it, thus motivating
the research community to propose different detection techniques. However, the constant …

Modern smartphone platforms implement permission-based models to protect access to
sensitive data and system resources. However, apps can circumvent the permission model …

Shake Them All is a popular" Wallpaper" application exceeding millions of downloads on
Google Play. At installation, this application is given permission to (1) access the Internet (for …

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

The rise in popularity of the Android platform has resulted in an explosion of malware threats
targeting it. As both Android malware and the operating system itself constantly evolve, it is …

Smartphones have become pervasive due to the availability of office applications, Internet,
games, vehicle guidance using location-based services apart from conventional services …

We present a scalable dynamic analysis frame-work that allows for the automatic evaluation
of the privacy behaviors of Android apps. We use our system to analyze mobile apps' …