RV-Android is a new freely available open source runtime library for monitoring formal safety properties on Android. RV-Android uses the commercial RV-Monitor technology as its core monitoring library generation technology, allowing for the verification of safety properties during execution and operating entirely in userspace with no kernel or operating system modifications required. RV-Android...

Using Android operating system lot of applications can be developed which help to human for operating different devices easily & efficiently. Here we have used a simple and efficient approach for implementation of android work station by making use of Android operating system which allowed to interface with USB interfacing, LED, keypad, Wi-Fi, touch screen display. Finally we go through applica...

This paper discusses the basic introduction into Android security. It is focused on the last version of Android platform. In the world of numbers it means Android 5.0 with code-name Lollipop. This paper covers description of SELinux and impact on mobile platform, Android Application Sandbox and the whole new virtual machine ART, which was introduced in Android 4.4. The aim of this paper is to i...

Android occupies the absolute dominant position in mobile operating system and has the largest market share. Meanwhile, Android faces the risk of malicious insiders leaking sensitive information. In this paper, we present DefDroid, a repackaging tool for enforcing security policies by modifying Android applications without root privilege. The main advantages of DefDroid are that it provides a u...

Mobile devices have become popular in our lives since they offer almost the same functionality as personal computers. Among them, Android-based mobile devices had appeared lately and, they were now an ideal target for attackers. Android-based smartphone users can get free applications from Android Application Market. But, these applications were not certified by legitimate organizations and the...

Android kernel vulnerabilities pose a serious threat to user security and privacy. They allow attackers to take full control over victim devices, install malicious and unwanted apps, and maintain persistent control. Unfortunately, most Android devices are never timely updated to protect their users from kernel exploits. Recent Android malware even has built-in kernel exploits to take advantage ...

Smartphones and mobile tablets are rapidly becoming indispensable in daily life. Android has been the most popular mobile operating system since 2012. However, owing to the open nature of Android, countless malwares are hidden in a large number of benign apps in Android markets that seriously threaten Android security. Deep learning is a new area of machine learning research that has gained inc...

The Android platform is an open source operating system, which is widely used on Smartphones. Android operating system usage and adaptation is rapidly increasing with a variety of applications. It also, allows developers to freely access and modifies source code. The open nature of the Android platform attracts attackers to do different types of criminal activities. The android users likely to ...

The Android platform is an open source operating system, which is widely used on Smartphones. Android operating system usage and adaptation is rapidly increasing with a variety of applications. It also, allows developers to freely access and modifies source code. The open nature of the Android platform attracts attackers to do different types of criminal activities. The android users likely to ...

With the expansion of the market share occupied by the Android platform, security issues (especially application security) have become attention focus of researchers. In fact, the existing methods lack the capabilities to manage application permissions without root privilege. This study proposes a dynamic management mechanism of Android application permissions based on security policies. The pa...