Techniques Allowing BroadcastReceiver Malware on Android Platform

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angličtina
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Techniques Allowing BroadcastReceiver Malware on Android Platform
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Currently, Android represents the most popular mobile operating system in the world. For this reason, Android security issues constitute a very important topic. Whilst the major part of published articles is focused on malware detection techniques usingsome anomalies such as unusual network traffic, this paper concentrates on Android malware from the hacker's point of view. It contains examples of Java as well as XML codes (representing causes) and screenshots (representing effects). Android versions 3.1 and higher contain security improvement which does not allow BroadcastReceiver malware without Activity. The research carried out in this field has discovered the procedure enabling to bypass this security protection by hiding malware Activity class bound to BroadcastReceiver. Based on revealed security weaknesses, some useful recommendations for antivirus companies as well as individual users have been raised.
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Publication year
2015
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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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