While the literature on permissions from the end-user perspective is rich, there is a lack of
empirical research on why developers request permissions, their conceptualization of …

Application Programming Interface (API) incompatibility is a long-standing issue in Android
application development. The rapid evolution of Android APIs results in a significant number …

Recent years have witnessed the proliferation of learning-based Android malware detectors.
These detectors can be categorized into three types, String-based, Image-based and Graph …

Since browser extensions are prevailingly executed in the background to enable extra
functionalities and enhance the user experience for web browsers, the potential over …

The proliferation of preloaded apps and third-party applications has raised significant
concerns regarding user security and privacy. This study introduces the Zero Trust …

With the increase of requirements for multi-line operations of users, the multi-view
mechanism is gradually developed and supported by recent Android versions. However, the …

In this summary, the three main contributions of the thesis” Cooperative Android App
Analysis” are presented. The first contribution proposes the cooperative analysis approach …

In recent years, several attack vectors have emerged which enable malware to hijack the
functionality of targeted, benign apps. Some of these attack vectors have nearly been fully …

Nowadays, various apps greatly facilitate children's lives and studies, while some apps also
make illegal and inappropriate content (eg, gambling, pornography) more accessible to …

Users' growing concerns about online privacy have led to increased platform support for
transparency and consent in the web and mobile ecosystems. To that end, Android recently …