Recent theoretical and practical studies have revealed that malware is one of the most
harmful threats to the digital world. Malware mitigation techniques have evolved over the …

With the integration of mobile devices into daily life, smartphones are privy to increasing
amounts of sensitive information. Sophisticated mobile malware, particularly Android …

Smartphones have become pervasive due to the availability of office applications, Internet,
games, vehicle guidance using location-based services apart from conventional services …

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

Mobile devices and their application marketplaces drive the entire economy of the today's
mobile landscape. Android platforms alone have produced staggering revenues, exceeding …

Modern smartphone operating systems (OSs) have been developed with a greater
emphasis on security and protecting privacy. One of the mechanisms these systems use to …

As many automated test input generation tools for Android need to instrument the system or
the app, they cannot be used in some scenarios such as compatibility testing and malware …

Automated testing of Android apps is essential for app users, app developers, and market
maintainer communities alike. Given the widespread adoption of Android and the …

Android phones often carry personal information, attracting malicious developers to embed
code in Android applications to steal sensitive data. With known techniques in the literature …

Android is the most popular smartphone operating system with a market share of 80%, but
as a consequence, also the platform most targeted by malware. To deal with the increasing …