An empirical study of potentially malicious third-party libraries in Android apps
Zicheng Zhang, Wenrui Diao, Chengyu Hu, Shanqing Guo, Chaoshun Zuo, Li Li
Abstract
The rapid development of Android apps primarily benefits from third-party libraries that provide well-encapsulated functionalities. On the other hand, more and more malicious libraries are discovered in the wild, which brings new security challenges. Despite some previous studies focusing on the malicious libraries, however, most of them only study specific types of libraries or individual cases. The security community still lacks a comprehensive understanding of potentially malicious libraries (PMLs) in the wild.
Topics & Concepts
Android (operating system)Computer scienceThird partyMalwareWorld Wide WebInternet privacyComputer securityEmpirical researchOperating systemPhilosophyEpistemologyAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesDigital and Cyber ForensicsSecurity and Verification in Computing