Google Android: An Updated Security Review

Yuval Fledel; Asaf Shabtai; Dennis Potashnik; Yuval Elovici

International Workshop on Mobile Security

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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.

Keywords: Mobile devices Google Android Security

Published: 2012-10-17

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_29

Google Android: An Updated Security Review

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