UpDroid

UpDroid dataset consists of 2,479 samples belonging to 21 malware families, of which most have been discovered in just the last few years (after 2015). While this dataset gives an overview of recent malware, it will also be useful for researchers working on dynamic analysis. You can find more details on the dataset in the paper.

DOWNLOAD POLICY

for Academia

  1. If you are a student (or postdoc), please ask your advisor (or host) to send an email to huwiselab@gmail.com with subject starts with [UpDroid Request]. If you are a faculty member, please send us the email from your university's email account.
  2. In your email, please include your name, affiliation, and homepage (if we do not know each other). The information is needed for verification purpose. Your request may be ignored if we are not able to determine your identity or affiliation.
  3. When publishing your work that uses our dataset, please cite our NordSec 2018 paper.

for Industry

  1. Please send an email from your company's email account to huwiselab@gmail.com with subject starts with [UpDroid Request]. In the email, please briefly introduce yourself (e.g., name and title -- in case we do not know each other) and your company.
  2. In the email, please attach a justification letter (in PDF format) in official letterhead. The justification letter needs to acknowledge the "UpDroid Malware Dataset" project from Hacettepe University and state clearly the reasons why the dataset is being requested.

CITE

@inproceedings{aktassen2018updroid,
title = {UpDroid: Updated Android Malware and Its Familial Classification},
author = {Aktas, Kursat and Sen, Sevil},
booktitle = {Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems},
pages = {352--368},
year = {2018},
publisher = {Springer},
}

ORGANIZATIONS THAT REQUESTED THE DATASET

  1. University of Bonn
  2. University of Kufa
  3. Marmara University
  4. UC Davis University
  5. National Central University
  6. Ankara University
  7. Liechtenstein University
  8. PSG College of Technology
  9. Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University
  10. Mayachitra
  11. Gazi University
  12. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
  13. Edinburgh Napier University
  14. Air University
  15. Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University
  16. METU