Automatic system for measuring security risk of Android application from third party app store. Issue 16 (19th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jang, Bogyu; Lee, Jaeseung; Lee, Manhee
• Is Part Of: Security and communication networks. Volume 9:Issue 16(2016)
• Page Start: 3190
• Page End: 3196
• Publication Date: 2016-07-19
• Subjects: Android -- malware -- VirusTotal -- DroidBox -- dynamic analysis; Computer networks -- Security measures -- Periodicals; Computer security -- Periodicals; Cryptography -- Periodicals; 005.805
• DOI: 10.1002/sec.1525
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1939-0114

Abstract

Abstract: Third party app stores are being used by people to pick up cracked or free Android apps. Hackers make use of these stores to distribute malicious apps. So, the level of security risk of downloading and using apps from such stores will be helpful for people who want to use the store. We implement an automatic system that downloads and analyzes every app. Our preliminary result shows that around half of apps from two app stores interesting to us are already known malware. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Abstract : Many third party app stores are extensively utilized by hackers to distribute malicious apps. To understand how dangerous it is to use apps from the stores, we implemented an automatic system that downloads and analyzes every app from the stores. Our preliminary result shows that around half of apps from two app stores interesting to us are known malware.