SECURING MODELS FOR ANDROID MARKET PLACE
Mukul Kesavan, Lakshmi Raj Sharma · 2013
The Android platform is that the quickest growing market in smart phone operating systems thus far. As such, it has become the most viable target of security threats. The dependence of the Android Market Security Model on its reactive anti-malware system gifts a chance for malware to be present within the Official Android Market and does not include applications outside the official market. This permits applications to masquerade as harmless applications which result in the loss of credentials if precautions are not taken. Most anti-malware applications within the Market use static analysis for detection as a result of it, they are quick and comparatively easy.