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Android Malware and Analysis
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Android Malware and Analysis

by Ken Dunham, Shane Hartman, Manu Quintans, Jose Andre Morales, Tim Strazzere
October 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
242 pages
5h 24m
English
Auerbach Publications
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mAlwAre threAtS,
hoAxeS, And tAxonomy
In August 2010, the rst Android Trojans, FakePlayer and DroidSMS,
were discovered in the wild. From that moment on, an explosion
occurred in the Android malware space. Mostly Trojans, Android
malware covers a comprehensive range of known malware activities
including but not limited to stolen PII data, dialed premium phone
numbers, botnets, scareware and ransomware, recorded phone calls,
photos, backdoors, and root privileges on a device. In this chapter, we
present a historical perspective with a timeline of notable Android
malware from 2010 to 2014.
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is information will aid an analyst in
becoming fa ...
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ISBN: 9781482252200