Android Malware

By Xuxian Jiang

Subjects: Cryptology and Information Theory Data Structures, Information Systems and Communication Service, Information systems, Data structures (Computer science), Computer Communication Networks, Data Encryption, Data encryption (Computer science), Systems and Data Security, Data protection, Computer science

Description: Mobile devices, such as smart phones, have achieved computing and networking capabilities comparable to traditional personal computers. Their successful consumerization has also become a source of pain for adopting users and organizations. In particular, the widespread presence of information-stealing applications and other types of mobile malware raises substantial security and privacy concerns. Android Malware presents a systematic view on state-of-the-art mobile malware that targets the popular Android mobile platform. Covering key topics like the Android malware history, malware behavior and classification, as well as, possible defense techniques.