UpDroid

Android is the platform most targeted by attackers. While security solutions have improved against such attacks on one side, attackers introduce new variants of existing malware by employing new strategies to evade them on another side. One of the most effective evasion techniques widely used is updating malicious code at runtime. Existing mobile security solutions are generally ineffective in detecting such attacks. The main objective of this project is to analyze updated attacks deeply, and to propose security solutions against such attacks by using static and dynamic analysis based detection techniques.

Sponsored by Tubitak

RESEARCH TOPICS

  • mobile security
  • malware analysis
  • update attacks

TEAM

Dr. Sevil Sen

Cyber Security, ML

PI

Kursat Aktas

Android Security

Researcher

Fatih Sakiz

Network Security, Cryptography

PhD Student

RESOURCES

PUBLICATIONS

A. I. Aysan, F. Sakiz, S. Sen

IET Information Security, Volume 13, Issue 3, pp. 269-277, 2019

UpDroid: Updated Android Malware and Its Familial Classification


V. Hatas, S. Sen, I. Butun, S. Forsstrom, M. Gidlund

IEEE QRS 2019

Android Malware Detection Based on Runtime Behaviour


"Do You Want to Install an Update of This Application?" A Rigorous Analysis of Updated Android Applications


THESIS