Android Application Security A Semantics and Context-Aware Approach /

• Main Authors: Zhang, Mu (Author), Yin, Heng (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Computer security.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Systems and Data Security.; Computer Communication Networks.; Communications Engineering, Networks.

This SpringerBrief explains the emerging cyber threats that undermine Android application security. It further explores the opportunity to leverage the cutting-edge semantics and context–aware techniques to defend against such threats, including zero-day Android malware, deep software vulnerabilitie...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Background
• Semantics-Aware Android Malware Classification
• Automatic Generation of Vulnerability-Specific Patches for Preventing Component Hijacking Attacks
• Efficient and Context-Aware Privacy Leakage Confinement
• Automatic Generation of Security-Centric Descriptions for Android Apps
• Limitation and Future Work
• Conclusion.