Google
‘s
Android
operating system may have a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to security, but it’s worth noting that recent versions of the operating system have been hardened a lot.
In a paper presented at VB2015,
Sophos
researchers Rowland Yu and William Lee look at two recent security enhancements, Security Enhancements for Android (SEAndroid) and containerization, and ask whether they will be able to stop future malware targeting
Android
. Based on how existing
Android
malware gets onto the operating system, they conclude that these enhancements won’t be sufficient to keep either current or future malware out.
You can read their paper “Will Android Trojans, Worms or Rootkits Survive in SEAndroid and Containerization?”
here
in HTML format or
here
as a PDF, and find the video on our
YouTube channel
, or embedded below.
If you’re interested in
Android
malware, don’t forget to read Rowland Yu’s
VB2014 paper
“Android packers: facing the challenges, building solutions”, or watch him discuss
Android
malware at
RSA
next month
.
Are you interested in presenting your research at the upcoming Virus Bulletin conference (
VB2016
), in Denver 5-7 October 2016? The
call for papers
is now open.
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