Detecting Android Malware on Network Level
Danny Iland, Alexander Pucher · 2011
As Android OS establishes itself as the primary platform on smartphones, a substantial increase in malware targeted at Android devices is being observed in the wild. While anti-virus software is available, and Android limits applications to user approved permissions, many users remain unaware of the threat posed by malware and of actual infections on their devices. In this paper we explore techniques to enable mobile network operators to detect Android malware and violations of user privacy through network traffic analysis.