Prof Bill Buchanan B.Buchanan@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Prof Bill Buchanan B.Buchanan@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Simone Chiale
Rich Macfarlane R.Macfarlane@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
This paper aims to evaluate possible threats with unofficial Android marketplaces, and geo localize the malware distribution over three main regions: China, Europe; and Russia. It provides a comprehensive review of existing academic literature about security in Android focusing especially on malware detection systems and existing malware databases. Through the implementation of a methodology for identification of malicious applications it has been collected data revealing a 5% of them as malicious in an overall analysis. Furthermore, the analysis shown that Russia and Europe have a preponderance of generic detections and adware, while Chine i found to be targeted mainly by riskware and malware.
Buchanan, W. J., Chiale, S., & Macfarlane, R. (2017). A methodology for the security evaluation within third-party Android Marketplaces. Digital Investigation, 23, 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diin.2017.10.002
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 10, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 13, 2017 |
Publication Date | 2017-12 |
Deposit Date | Oct 19, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 14, 2018 |
Journal | Digital Investigation |
Print ISSN | 1742-2876 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 23 |
Pages | 88-98 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diin.2017.10.002 |
Keywords | malware analysis, APK, Android, marketplace |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/999323 |
Contract Date | Oct 19, 2017 |
A methodology for the security evaluation within the third-party Android marketplaces
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