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oPen sourCe tools
AndroTotal
http://andrototal.org/. AndroTotal is an ecient way to start a scan of
a questionable app as it gives a quick overview of the static details and
links to multiple third-party sites of interest: VirusTotal, CopperDroid
(http://copperdroid.isg.rhul.ac.uk/copperdroid/index.php), ForeSafe
(http://www.foresafe.com/scan), SandDroid (http://sanddroid.xjtu.
edu.cn/), and Anubis (http://anubis.iseclab.org). Sites like VirusTotal
are traditionally just multiscanners for antiviruses but may also con-
tain other metadata and even sandbox results for Android les.
APKScan
http://apkscan.nviso.be/. APKScan takes awhile but it is worth the wait.
It provides complete details on static data, permissions, antivirus scan-
ning data, ...