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This paper reviews work published between 2002 and 2022 in the fields of Android malware, clone, and similarity detection. It examines the data sources, tools, and features used in existing research and identifies the need for a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Simon Torka , Sahin Albayrak

Analysing malware is important to understand how malicious software works and to develop appropriate detection and prevention methods. Dynamic analysis can overcome evasion techniques commonly used to bypass static analysis and provide…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Baskoro Adi Pratomo , Toby Jackson , Pete Burnap , Andrew Hood , Eirini Anthi

Sophisticated malware families exploit the openness of the Android platform to infiltrate IoT networks, enabling large-scale disruption, data exfiltration, and denial-of-service attacks. This systematic literature review (SLR) examines…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Shama Maganur , Yili Jiang , Jiaqi Huang , Fangtian Zhong

Machine learning (ML) has gained significant adoption in Android malware detection to address the escalating threats posed by the rapid proliferation of malware attacks. However, recent studies have revealed the inherent vulnerabilities of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Yuyang Zhou , Guang Cheng , Zongyao Chen , Shui Yu

It is needed to ensure the integrity of systems that process sensitive information and control many aspects of everyday life. We examine the use of machine learning algorithms to detect malware using the system calls generated by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-10-01 Michael R. Smith , Joe B. Ingram , Christopher C. Lamb , Timothy J. Draelos , Justin E. Doak , James B. Aimone , Conrad D. James

With the increasing extent of malware attacks in the present day along with the difficulty in detecting modern malware, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness and performance of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) for malware classification.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-12 Akhil M R , Adithya Krishna V Sharma , Harivardhan Swamy , Pavan A , Ashray Shetty , Anirudh B Sathyanarayana

Malware are becoming a major problem to every individual and organization in the cyber world. They are advancing in sophistication in many ways. Besides their advanced abilities to penetrate and stay evasive against detection and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Jonathan Pan

Today, a mobile phone is not just a phone but it is a computer that you can also use for calling someone. Besides, in criminal investigations the importance of evidence from the mobile phone is increasing as more and more phones are seized…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-09-13 Rob Witteman , Arjen Meijer , M-T. Kechadi , Nhien-An Le-Khac

The rising use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to create and disseminate malware poses a significant cybersecurity challenge due to their ability to generate and distribute attacks with ease. A single prompt can initiate a wide array of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Jamal Al-Karaki , Muhammad Al-Zafar Khan , Marwan Omar

Today, smartphone devices are owned by a large portion of the population and have become a very popular platform for accessing the Internet. Smartphones provide the user with immediate access to information and services. However, they can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-01-03 Andrey Finkelstein , Ron Biton , Rami Puzis , Asaf Shabtai

As the number and complexity of malware attacks continue to increase, there is an urgent need for effective malware detection systems. While deep learning models are effective at detecting malware, they are vulnerable to adversarial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Mahesh Datta Sai Ponnuru , Likhitha Amasala , Tanu Sree Bhimavarapu , Guna Chaitanya Garikipati

Cybercrime is one of the major digital threats of this century. In particular, ransomware attacks have significantly increased, resulting in global damage costs of tens of billion dollars. In this paper, we train and test different Machine…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Benjamin Marais , Tony Quertier , Stéphane Morucci

It is well-known that malware constantly evolves so as to evade detection and this causes the entire malware population to be non-stationary. Contrary to this fact, prior works on machine learning based Android malware detection have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-09-27 Annamalai Narayanan , Liu Yang , Lihui Chen , Liu Jinliang

The rise in popularity of the Android platform has resulted in an explosion of malware threats targeting it. As both Android malware and the operating system itself constantly evolve, it is very challenging to design robust malware…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-11-21 Enrico Mariconti , Lucky Onwuzurike , Panagiotis Andriotis , Emiliano De Cristofaro , Gordon Ross , Gianluca Stringhini

Mobile devices have become an indispensable component of modern life. Their high storage capacity gives these devices the capability to store vast amounts of sensitive personal data, which makes them a high-value target: these devices are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-24 Maximilian Zinkus , Tushar M. Jois , Matthew Green

The widespread integration of IoT devices has greatly improved connectivity and computational capabilities, facilitating seamless communication across networks. Despite their global deployment, IoT devices are frequently targeted for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Sreenitha Kasarapu , Sanket Shukla , Sai Manoj Pudukotai Dinakarrao

With the popularity of Android growing exponentially, the amount of malware has significantly exploded. It is arguably one of the most viral problems on mobile platforms. Recently, various approaches have been introduced to detect Android…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Peng Xu

With increasing complexity of modern-day mobile devices, security of these devices in presence of myriad attacks by an intelligent adversary is becoming a major issue. The vast majority of cell phones still remain unsecured from many…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2010-10-13 Tatini Mal-Sarkar , Swarup Bhunia

Artificial Intelligence techniques have evolved rapidly in recent years, revolutionising the approaches used to fight against cybercriminals. But as the cyber security field has progressed, so has malware development, making it an economic…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-21 Adam Wolsey

The number of smartphones, tablets, sensors, and connected wearable devices are rapidly increasing. Today, in many parts of the globe, the penetration of mobile computers has overtaken the number of traditional personal computers. This…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-10-21 Muhammad Haris , Hamed Haddadi , Pan Hui