Detecting applications with excessive privileges and applications vulnerable to privilege escalation attack in android

The rapid growth of capabilities and various services provided by smartphones transformed this device to a repository of private data and important resources and consequently an attractive target for attackers. Among the leaders in the world of smartphones, Android is a novel platform with rapidly g...

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Main Author: Kashefi, Iman (Author)
Format: Thesis
Published: 2013.
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