Patent · US Active

Method for scalable analysis of android applications for security vulnerability

US8875298B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEC Laboratories America, Inc. · US

Inventors

Zhichun Li · Princeton, US
Long Lu · Atlanta, US
Zhenyu Wu · Plainsboro, US
Guofei Jiang · Princeton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 2013
Grant date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/033
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for scalable analysis of Android applications for security includes applying Android application analytics to an Android application, which in turn includes applying an application taint tracking to the Android application and applying application repacking detection to the Android application, and determining security vulnerabilities in the Android application responsive to the analytics.

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