Malware authors constantly obfuscate their files and defenders regularly develop new
techniques to detect them. Given this cat-and-mouse game, specialized obfuscation services …

In order to effectively evade anti-malware solutions, Android malware authors are
progressively resorting to automatic obfuscation strategies. Recent works have shown, on …

Obfuscation techniques have been conventionally used for legitimate applications, including
preventing application reverse engineering, tampering and protecting intellectual property. A …

Studying Android obfuscation techniques is an essential task for understanding and
analyzing malicious applications. Obfuscation techniques have already been extensively …

In the last years more and more often obfuscation techniques are used on malware to evade
the detection of static analysis tools. This problem was already mentioned and studied in …

Program code is a valuable asset to its owner. Due to the easy-to-reverse nature of Java,
code protection for Android apps is of particular importance. To this end, code obfuscation is …

Malware is often hidden in illegitimately cloned software. Android, with over two billions
active devices, is one of the most affected platforms because code cloning is quite simple …

Android with its large market attracts malware developers. Malware developers employ
obfuscation techniques to bypass malware detection mechanisms. Existing systems cannot …

The authors of mobile-malware have started to leverage program protection techniques to
circumvent anti-viruses, or simply hinder reverse engineering. In response to the diffusion of …

Featured Application Findings of the paper can be implemented in malware detection
applications. Abstract Malware is a growing threat to all mobile platforms and hundreds of …