On the effectiveness of code-reuse-based Android application obfuscation

• Main Authors: TANG, Xiaoxiao, LIANG, Yu, MA, Xinjie, LIN, Yan, GAO, Debin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Obfuscation; Android application; Code reuse; Java Native Interface; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3426; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4427/viewcontent/Ontheeffectivenessofcode_reuse_based.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Attackers use reverse engineering techniques to gain detailed understanding of executable for malicious purposes, such as re-packaging an Android app to inject malicious code or advertising components. To make reverse engineering more difficult, researchers have proposed various code obfuscation tec...