We present an arms race between rooting detection and rooting evasion. We investigate
different methods to detect rooted device at both Java and native level and evaluate the …

Recently, the newly launched Google protect service alerts Android users from installing
rooting tools. However, Android users lean toward rooting their Android devices to gain …

People increasingly rely on mobile devices for banking transactions or two-factor
authentication (2FA) and thus trust in the security provided by the underlying operating …

Recent developed application-level virtualization brings a groundbreaking innovation to
Android ecosystem: a host app is able to load and launch arbitrary guest APK files without …

In recent years," gig work" platforms have gained popularity as a way for individuals to earn
money; as of 2021, 16% of Americans have at some point earned money from such …

With the continuous growth in the usage of Android apps, ensuring their security has
become critically important. An increasing number of malicious apps adopt anti-analysis …

Passwords are commonly used authentication method for many digital applications. The
maximum number of passwords that an adult can deal with is four to five passwords. In this …

Although mobile operating systems employ a variety of features to sandbox and isolate
apps, these are not always sufficient. Because of this, app developers are recommended to …

Root attack is an unauthorized process of gaining the highest privilege by exploiting the
vulnerabilities of a system. After that, attackers can fully control the system, arbitrarily access …

The Android operating system runs on the majority of smartphones nowadays. Its success is
driven by its availability to a variety of smartphone hardware vendors on the one hand, and …