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Research on android malware permission pattern using permission monitoring system

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Mobile anti-viruses used mainly are the reverse engineering-based analysis and the sandbox-based analysis. There methods can analyze in detail. But, they take a lot of time and have a one-time payout.

This study investigates the permissions requested by Android applications, and the possibility of identifying suspicious applications based only on information presented to the user before an application is downloaded

The pattern analysis is based on a smaller data set consisting of confirmed malicious applications. The method is evaluated based on its ability to recognize malicious potential in the analyzed applications. This study is a service-based malware analysis, it will be based on the mobile security study.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the ICT R&D program of MSIP/IITP, Republic of Korea. [13-912-06-003, Development of Mobile S/W Security Testing Tools for Detecting New Vulnerabilities of Android]

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea

    Seung-hwan Ju

  2. Interdisciplinary Program in Creative Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea

    Hee-suk Seo

  3. Department of Information and Computer Engineering, College of Information Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea

    Jin Kwak

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Ju, Sh., Seo, Hs. & Kwak, J. Research on android malware permission pattern using permission monitoring system. Multimed Tools Appl 75, 14807–14817 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-016-3273-x

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