ANDROID INTERNAL ANALYSIS OF APK BY DROID_SAFE & APK TOOL

Mobile devices have developed from simple devices, which are used for a phone call and SMS messages to Smartphone devices that can run third party applications. Nowadays, information leak from mobile device is increased and due to this sensitive information like; bank details, identity information a...

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Published in:International journal of advanced research in computer science 2017-05, Vol.8 (5), p.2397
Main Authors: Rawal, Heena, Parekh, Chandresh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applications programs
Electronic devices
Information flow
Mobile communication systems
Mobile operating systems
Operating systems
Smartphones
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Summary:Mobile devices have developed from simple devices, which are used for a phone call and SMS messages to Smartphone devices that can run third party applications. Nowadays, information leak from mobile device is increased and due to this sensitive information like; bank details, identity information and many more personal information. The whole scenario is from source to sink where when data is receivedfrom source in between this process sensitive information is leaked by attacker.The leak of sensitive data from those Applications or Android operating systems are being exploited by the attackers who got the capability of penetrating into the mobile systems without user authorization causing compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the applications and the user. This paper, it gave an update to the work done in the project. We present DroidSafe and Apk Tool a static information flow analysis tools that reports potential leaks of sensitive information in Android applications. Moreover, this paper focuses on the Android Operating System and aim to detect existing Android apps.This Paper chooses several sensitive information leakages from apps with help of these both tools.
ISSN:0976-5697
DOI:10.26483/ijarcs.v8i5.3404