Analysis of Malicious Behavior of Android Apps

Abstract

As increasing in number of Android phones there is simultaneous increase in mobile malware apps which performs malicious activities such as misusing user's private information as sending messages i.e. SMS, reading users contact information and can harm user by exploiting the user's confidential data which is stored in mobile. Malware are speeded not only infecting the user's data but also harming several organizations in term of stealing of private and confidential data. Hence Malware classification and identification is a critical issue. Android users are unaware about several apps which they are using whether they are malware infected or not. Android applications require the concept of permission mechanism to show that apps are using certain permissions to get access to information from your device. Android apps which are installed in the smart phones get access to all the required permission during installation of apps. Google assure their customer in terms of security about the apps which are available to download from there play store. Android operating system is open system and it allows users to install any applications downloaded from any unsafe site. However permission mechanism is still very diminutive defense mechanism to assure that the applications can harm to user. Therefore in this paper we propose the Malware characterization from manifest file and allows user to improve the efficiency of Android permission to inform user about the risk of Android permission and apps.