Title :
Permission-based malware detection mechanisms for smart phones
Author :
Ming-Yang Su ; Wen-Chuan Chang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf., Ming Chuan Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan
Abstract :
Smart phone users often neglect security issues, and directly confirm the pop-up windows without reading the permission requirement of the software. As a result, many smart phones have been implanted with virus. In the Android market, malicious software is disguised as games for users to download, thus resulting in malicious consumption, phone resource consumption, assistance in crime, or information theft. This study focuses on the prevention of the malware installed on Android smart phones, and analyzes whether an app is malware according to the announced permission combinations of the application.
Keywords :
computer viruses; smart phones; Android market; crime assistance; information theft; malicious consumption; malicious software; permission requirement; permission-based malware detection mechanisms; phone resource consumption; security issues; smart phone users; Internet; Malware; Operating systems; Probability; Smart phones; Android; permission; security; smart phone;
Conference_Titel :
Information Networking (ICOIN), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Phuket
DOI :
10.1109/ICOIN.2014.6799722