Google android: A comprehensive security assessment

Asaf Shabtai; Yuval Fledel; Uri Kanonov; Yuval Elovici; Shlomi Dolev; Chanan Glezer

doi:10.1109/MSP.2010.2

Google android: A comprehensive security assessment

Asaf Shabtai, Yuval Fledel, Uri Kanonov, Yuval Elovici, Shlomi Dolev, Chanan Glezer

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Abstract

The Android framework, Google's new software stack for mobile devices, includes an operating system, middleware, and key applications. This research provides a comprehensive security assessment of this framework and its security mechanisms The authors conducted a methodological qualitative risk analysis that identifies high-risk threats to the framework and any potential danger to information or to the system resulting from vulnerabilities attackers have uncovered and exploited. They propose several security solutions for mitigating these risks.

Original language	English
Article number	5396322
Pages (from-to)	35-44
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Security and Privacy
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2010.2
State	Published - 1 Mar 2010

Keywords

Android
Google
Mobile devices
Risk analysis
Security
Security solutions for mobile devices

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Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Law

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