Web Services allow a user to integrate applications from different platforms and languages. Since mobile applications often run on heterogeneous platforms and conditions, Web Service becomes a popular solution for integrating with server applications. However, because of its verbosity, XML based SOAP messaging gives the possible overhead to the less powerful mobile devices. Based on the mobile ...

Cryptography is the common means to achieve strong data protection in mobile applications. However, cryptographic misuse is becoming one of the most common issues in development. Attackers usually make use of those flaws in implementation such as non-random key/IV to forge exploits and recover the valuable secrets. For the application developers who may lack knowledge of cryptography, it is urg...

With a growing number of mobile applications available on application stores and the improved capabilities of smartphones, people download more applications to their devices. Researchers began to leverage this momentum for distributing applications to conduct studies on end-users’ devices. This paper grounds the approach of research through the application store in the theory of quasi-experimen...

Mobile health apps play an important role in healthcare processes and health promotion. In recent years many Persian mhealth apps were developed and are available in various national app markets. Cafebazaar is the largest Persian app store that contains more than 3500 android apps in medical and health & fitness categories. In this study some characteristics of 200 top Persian medical apps ...

Mobile technologies and more precisely apps have disrupted technology scenario. Bring your own application (BYOA) is a new trend that has emerged after the “bring your own device” (BYOD) vogue. However, and in spite of its intrinsic benefits, the trend presents also several caveats and Enterprise app stores are seen as a way to tackle these risks. In this paper, authors present ModEAS, a system...

iOS is a popular operating system on Apple’s smartphones, and recent security events have shown the possibility of stealing the users' privacy in iOS without being detected, such as XcodeGhost. So, we present the design and implementation of a malware vetting system, called DMIA. DMIA first collects runtime information of an app and then distinguish between malicious and normal apps by a novel ...

BACKGROUND An estimated 360 million people have a disabling hearing impairment globally, the vast majority of whom live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Early identification through screening is important to negate the negative effects of untreated hearing impairment. Substantial barriers exist in screening for hearing impairment in LMICs, such as the requirement for skilled hearing...

Applikationen für mobile Endgeräte (Apps) verarbeiten vielfach Daten, die unsere Privatsphäre betreffen. Bislang existieren aber kaum Werkzeuge, mit denen auf einfache Weise geprüft werden kann, wie Apps mit diesen Daten umgehen und ob dabei möglicherweise unsere Privatsphäre beeinträchtigt wird. Wir stellen das Werkzeug SNOOP-IT vor, mit dem bestehende Apps für die Apple iOS Plattform zur Lauf...

With the rapidly growth of mobile app market, a large amount of mobile app developers are encouraged to invest in app innovation. However, it inevitably invites other developers to imitate the design and appearance of innovative and original apps. In this paper, we examine the prevailing copycat app phenomenon and its impact. Using a combination of machine learning techniques such as natural la...

In this paper, we report on our two-years experience with the commercial application Everywhere Run!, a mobile app that allows people to self monitor their running sessions and stay motivated in pursuing a wellbeing life-style. We consider a time interval of two-years, taking as breakpoint the first release of the application that improved the Virtual Personal Trainer presentation. The quantita...