VB2015 paper: Will Android Trojans, Worms or Rootkits Survive in SEAndroid and Containerization?

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.