<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The emergence of Android as a leading Operating System in terms of market coverage induced the rapid emergence of many mobile applications. A lot of these applications are prone to misuse because of their design. This paper deals with a new method of informing user whether applications installed on his device are potentially harmful or not. The introductory part provides some insight into security mechanisms used in Android. The main part deals with research we based our work on, proposal of our own methodology based on permission model and its implementation in application for real-time offline analysis of installed applications on device running Android. The last part of this paper deals with the evaluation of achievements reached by our methodology implemented in standalone application</p></abstract>

The emergence of Android as a leading Operating System in terms of market coverage induced the rapid emergence of many mobile applications. A lot of these applications are prone to misuse because of their design. This paper deals with a new method of informing user whether applications installed on his device are potentially harmful or not. The introductory part provides some insight into security mechanisms used in Android. The main part deals with research we based our work on, proposal of our own methodology based on permission model and its implementation in application for real-time offline analysis of installed applications on device running Android. The last part of this paper deals with the evaluation of achievements reached by our methodology implemented in standalone application

Presenting Risks Introduced by Android Application Permissions in a User-Friendly Way

Institute of Computer Science and Mathematics Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Ilkoviˇcova 3 SK–812-19 Bratislava SLOVAKIA

Institute of Computer Science and Mathematics Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Ilkovicova 3 SK-812-19 Bratislava SLOVAKIA

Tatra Mountains Mathematical Publications

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The emergence of Android as a leading Operating System in terms of market coverage induced the rapid emergence of many mobile applications. A lot of these...

Presenting Risks Introduced by Android Application Permissions in a User-Friendly Way

Published Online: Mar 11, 2015

Page range: 85 - 100

Received: Nov 11, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tmmp-2014-0026

Keywords
Android, mobile devices, permissions, over-privilege

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Presenting Risks Introduced by Android Application Permissions in a User-Friendly Way

Published Online: Mar 11, 2015

Page range: 85 - 100

Received: Nov 11, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tmmp-2014-0026

KeywordsAndroid, mobile devices, permissions, over-privilege

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Android, mobile devices, permissions, over-privilege