H-Binder: A hardened binder framework on Android systems

• Main Authors: SHEN, Dong, ZHANG, Zhangkai, DING, Xuhua, LI, Zhoujun, DENG, Robert H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Android; Binder; Virtualization; ARM; System security; Hypervisor; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3763; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4765/viewcontent/H_Binder_2016.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The Binder framework is at the core of Android systems due to its fundamental role for interprocess communications. Applications use the Binder to perform high level tasks such as accessing location information. The importance of the Binder makes it an attractive target for attackers. Rootkits on An...