Thwarting obfuscated malware via differential fault analysis Articles uri icon

publication date

  • June 2014

start page

  • 24

end page

  • 31

issue

  • 6

volume

  • 47

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0018-9162

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1558-0814

abstract

  • Detecting malware in mobile applications has become increasingly complex as malware developers turn to advanced techniques to hide or obfuscate malicious components. Alterdroid is a dynamic-analysis tool that compares the behavioral differences between an original app and numerous automatically generated versions of it containing carefully injected modifications. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/4M1oribza7c is a video discussion of Alterdroid, a dynamic-analysis tool that compares the behavioral differences between an original app and numerous automatically generated versions of it containing carefully injected modifications. © 2014 IEEE.

keywords

  • alterdroid; android; automatic testing; differential fault analysis; dynamic analysis; fuzzy testing; grayware; malware; privacy; security; smartphones; automatic testing; computer crime; data privacy; dynamic analysis; smartphones; alterdroid; android; differential fault analysis; grayware; security; malware