Things you may not know about Android (un)packers: A systematic study based on whole-system emulation

• Main Authors: DUAN, Yue, ZHANG, Mu, BHASKAR, Abhishek Vasist, YIN, Heng, PAN, Xiaorui, LI, Tongxin, WANG, Xueqiang, WANG, Xiaofeng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8171; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9174/viewcontent/DroidUnpack_ndss18.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The prevalent usage of runtime packers has complicated Android malware analysis, as both legitimate and malicious apps are leveraging packing mechanisms to protect themselves against reverse engineer. Although recent efforts have been made to analyze particular packing techniques, little has been do...