Abstract
Android has become the most popular smartphone operating system. This rapidly increasing adoption of Android has resulted in significant increase in the number of malwares when compared with previous years. There exist lots of antimalware programs which are designed to effectively protect the users’ sensitive data in mobile systems from such attacks. In this paper, our contribution is twofold. Firstly, we have analyzed the Android malwares and their penetration techniques used for attacking the systems and antivirus programs that act against malwares to protect Android systems. We categorize many of the most recent antimalware techniques on the basis of their detection methods. We aim to provide an easy and concise view of the malware detection and protection mechanisms and deduce their benefits and limitations. Secondly, we have forecast Android market trends for the year up to 2018 and provide a unique hybrid security solution and take into account both the static and dynamic analysis an android application.
Highlights
Since 2008, the rate of smartphone adoption has increased tremendously
According to International data corporation IDC, Android OS dominates with 82.8% of total market shares in 2Q 2015 [3]
It could be observed that Android has become the most widely used operating system over the years
Summary
Since 2008, the rate of smartphone adoption has increased tremendously. Smartphones provide different connectivity options such as Wi-Fi, GSM, GPS, CDMA and Bluetooth etc. 1.3 million Android devices are being activated each day [1]. Android operating system left its competitors far behind by capturing more than 78% of total market share in 2013 [2]. Gartner report 2013 of smartphone sales shows that there is 42.3% increase in sales of smartphones in comparison with 2012. According to International data corporation IDC, Android OS dominates with 82.8% of total market shares in 2Q 2015 [3]. It could be observed that Android has become the most widely used operating system over the years
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