Context Static analysis exploits techniques that parse program source code or bytecode,
often traversing program paths to check some program properties. Static analysis …

Recent years have seen a global adoption of smart mobile devices, particularly those based
on Android. However, Android's widespread adoption is marred with increasingly rampant …

Shake Them All is a popular" Wallpaper" application exceeding millions of downloads on
Google Play. At installation, this application is given permission to (1) access the Internet (for …

Vulnerabilities in Android code--including but not limited to insecure data storage,
unprotected inter-component communication, broken TLS implementations, and violations of …

Android ecosystem is heavily fragmented. The numerous combinations of different device
models and operating system versions make it impossible for Android app developers to …

China is one of the largest Android markets in the world. As Chinese users cannot access
Google Play to buy and install Android apps, a number of independent app stores have …

Mobile operating systems like Android failed to provide sufficient protection on personal
data, and privacy leakage becomes a major concern. To understand the security risks and …

The Android Application Programming Interface provides the necessary building blocks for
app developers to harness the functionalities of the Android devices, including for interacting …

Previous research about sensor based attacks on Android platform focused mainly on
accessing or controlling over sensitive components, such as camera, microphone and GPS …

Adversary models have been integral to the design of provably-secure cryptographic
schemes or protocols. However, their use in other computer science research disciplines is …