Framework for Vetting and Identifying Emulated Android Mobile Apps
Keywords:
Emulation, Repackaging, Mobile Apps, Similarity Levels, XDroid Moss.Abstract
Mobile apps emulation is increasing becoming serious threat. Criminals target popular apps that are used to carry sensitive user information like financial usernames and passwords. Criminals can download and repackage these apps with malicious codes which will help in stealing user information or send annoying adverts to user that will benefit the criminals. This paper focuses on XDroid Moss, an enhanced vetting framework to detect the emulated apps.
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