Understanding Android app piggybacking: A systematic study of malicious code grafting

• Main Authors: LI, Li, LI, Daoyuan, BISSYANDE, Tegawende F., KLEIN, Jacques, TRAON, Yves Le, LO, David, CAVALLARO, Lorenzo
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: android malware; Android security; code grafting; piggybacking attack; Information Security; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3694; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4696/viewcontent/UnderstandingAndroidApp_2017.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The Android packaging model offers ample opportunities for malware writers to piggyback malicious code in popular apps, which can then be easily spread to a large user base. Although recent research has produced approaches and tools to identify piggybacked apps, the literature lacks a comprehensive...