Android security issues and solutions

Title

Android security issues and solutions

Creator

Karthick S.; Binu S.

Description

Android operating system uses the permission-based model which allows Android applications to access user information, system information, device information and external resources of Smartphone. The developer needs to declare the permissions for the Android application. The user needs to accept these permissions for successful installation of an Android application. These permissions are declarations. At the time of installation, if the permissions are allowed by the user, the app can access resources and information anytime. It need not re-request for permissions again. Android OS is susceptible to various security attacks due to its weakness in security. This paper tells about the misuse of app permissions using Shared User ID, how two-factor authentications fail due to inappropriate and improper usage of app permissions using spyware, data theft in Android applications, security breaches or attacks in Android and analysis of Android, iOS and Windows operating system regarding its security. 2017 IEEE.

Source

IEEE International Conference on Innovative Mechanisms for Industry Applications, ICIMIA 2017 - Proceedings, pp. 686-689.

Date

2017-01-01

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Subject

Android; Data Theft; IOS; Permissions; Security; Shared User ID; Spyware; Windows

Coverage

Karthick S., Department of Computer Science, Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Binu S., Department of Computer Science, Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-150905960-7

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Conference paper

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIMIA.2017.7975551

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