
Chapter 17
Exploring the Potential of Big
Data for Malware Detection
and Mitigation Techniques in
the Android Environment
Rasheed Hussain
Donghyun Kim
Michele Nogueira
Junggab Son
Heekuck Oh
CONTENTS
17.1 Introduction ...................................................................... 398
17.2 Taxonomy of Malware Detection and Mitigation in the Android Environment ....... 400
17.3 Generic Malware Detection and Mitigation Techniques ............................. 401
17.3.1 Signature-based approach ................................................. 401
17.3.1.1 AndroSimilar ............................................... 401
17.3.1.2 DroidLegacy ............................................... ...