System Level Security Solution for Android
Journal Title: International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer Science and Technology - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
Android Operating System, by Open Handset Alliance, prominently led by Google is dominating the share of smart phones. Mobile applications like banking, e-shopping, business apps used on these devices have become foundational tool for today’s workforce. However the Smartphone users are under continuous threat of exposure and misuse of their personal information due to rapid growth of malware for android which significantly exceeds that of other platforms. Android being open platform supports the development of applications. Now a day’s one can publish an app after registration as a developer for USD25. Due to its availability to all android users, the android market is the main channel of malware distribution. Along with its growth, the importance of security has also risen. A proportional increase in the number of vulnerabilities is also happening to the extent that there are limited numbers of security applications available to protect these devices. Among the security apps many antivirus which work on the application layer are present in the market which claims the security. However, the efficacies of these applications have not been empirically established. After studying the shortcomings and demerits of the available solutions, an enhanced security solution for android application assessment at the operating system level is suggested. The solution customizes the android operating system mainly the package manager which holds the notification of the activities which takes place on the device. The package manager is updated to receive the intent passed by the verification agent activity. An application is built which is hooked to the package manager which checks across the database signatures for the malwares and blocks the installation process of the android application on the system. Altogether a new android system image is compiled and tested across the known set of malwares. Unlike antivirus, this check takes place before the process of installation due to which, we are able to mitigate attacks caused by malwares on android smart phones by variety of applications.
Authors and Affiliations
Aparna Bhonde, Madhumita Chatterjee
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