TITLE:
Analysis of Malware Families on Android Mobiles: Detection Characteristics Recognizable by Ordinary Phone Users and How to Fix It
AUTHORS:
Hieu Le Thanh
KEYWORDS:
Mobile Security; Android Malware Families
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Information Security,
Vol.4 No.4,
September
11,
2013
ABSTRACT: The sale of products using the android Operation System (OS) phone
is increasing in rate: the fact is that its price is cheaper but its configured hardware is higher, users easily buy it and the approach to this product
increases the risk of the spread of mobile malware. The understanding of
majority of the users of this mobile malware is still limited. While they are
growing at a faster speed in the number and level of sophistication, especially
their variations have created confusion for
users; therefore worrying about the safety of its users is required. In this paper, the author discussed the identification and analysis of malware families on Android Mobiles.
The author selected the recognizable characteristics from ordinary users with
their families collected from 58 malware families and 1485 malware samples and
proposed solutions as recommendations to users before installing it with the
ultimate desire to mitigate the damage in the community that is on the android
phone, especially the ordinary users with limited understanding about potential
hazards. It would be helpful for the ordinary users to identify the mobile
malware in order to mitigate the information security risk.