Third-party libraries (TPLs) have been widely used in mobile apps, which play an essential
part in the entire Android ecosystem. However, TPL is a double-edged sword. On the one …

Cyber-security systems, which protect networks and computers against cyber attacks, are
becoming common due to increasing threats and government regulation. At the same time …

To build effective malware analysis techniques and to evaluate new detection tools, up-to-
date datasets reflecting the current Android malware landscape are essential. For such …

Mobile applications (apps) often delegate their own functions to other parties, which makes
them become a super ecosystem hosting these parties. Therefore, such mobile apps are …

Online display advertising on websites is widely disliked by users, with many turning to ad
blockers to avoid “bad” ads. Recent evidence suggests that today's ads contain potentially …

Advertisement drives the economy of the mobile app ecosystem. As a key component in the
mobile ad business model, mobile ad content has been overlooked by the research …

Targeted advertising remains an important part of the free web browsing experience, where
advertisers' targeting and personalization algorithms together find the most relevant …

A key aspect of online ads that has not been systematically studied by the computer security
community is their visible, user-facing content. Motivated by anecdotal evidence of …

Online advertising can be used to mislead, deceive, and manipulate Internet users, and
political advertising is no exception. In this paper, we present a measurement study of online …

Android's app ecosystem relies heavily on third-party libraries as they facilitate code
development and provide a steady stream of revenue for developers. However, while …