International Workshop on Mobile Security

Research Article

Google Android: An Updated Security Review

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_29,
        author={Yuval Fledel and Asaf Shabtai and Dennis Potashnik and Yuval Elovici},
        title={Google Android: An Updated Security Review},
        proceedings={International Workshop on Mobile Security},
        proceedings_a={MOBILE SECURITY},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={Mobile devices Google Android Security},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_29}
    }
    
  • Yuval Fledel
    Asaf Shabtai
    Dennis Potashnik
    Yuval Elovici
    Year: 2012
    Google Android: An Updated Security Review
    MOBILE SECURITY
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_29
Yuval Fledel1,*, Asaf Shabtai1,*, Dennis Potashnik1,*, Yuval Elovici1,*
  • 1: Ben-Gurion University
*Contact email: fledely@bgu.ac.il, shabtaia@bgu.ac.il, dennisp@bgu.ac.il, elovici@bgu.ac.il

Abstract

Among the most significant smartphone operating systems that have arisen recently is Google’s Android framework. Google’s Android is a software framework for mobile communication devices. The Android framework includes an operating system, middleware and a set of key applications. Designed as open, programmable, networked devices, Android is vulnerable to various types of threats. This paper provides a security assessment of the Android framework and the security mechanisms incorporated into it. In addition, a review of recent academic and commercial solutions in the area of smartphone security in general and Android in particular is presented.