A review of android malware detection approaches based on machine learning

K Liu, S Xu, G Xu, M Zhang, D Sun, H Liu - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Android applications are developing rapidly across the mobile ecosystem, but Android
malware is also emerging in an endless stream. Many researchers have studied the …

Beyond google play: A large-scale comparative study of chinese android app markets

H Wang, Z Liu, J Liang, N Vallina-Rodriguez… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
China is one of the largest Android markets in the world. As Chinese users cannot access
Google Play to buy and install Android apps, a number of independent app stores have …

Understanding the evolution of mobile app ecosystems: A longitudinal measurement study of google play

H Wang, H Li, Y Guo - The World Wide Web Conference, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The continuing expansion of mobile app ecosystems has attracted lots of efforts from the
research community. However, although a large number of research studies have focused …

The price is (not) right: Comparing privacy in free and paid apps

C Han, I Reyes, Á Feal, J Reardon… - Proceedings on …, 2020 - petsymposium.org
It is commonly assumed that “free” mobile apps come at the cost of consumer privacy and
that paying for apps could offer consumers protection from behavioral advertising and long …

Do you get what you pay for? comparing the privacy behaviors of free vs. paid apps

C Han, I Reyes, A Elazari Bar On… - … (ConPro 2019), in …, 2019 - dspace.networks.imdea.org
It is commonly assumed that the availability of “free” mobile apps comes at the cost of
consumer privacy, and that paying for apps could offer consumers protection from …

Of ahead time: Evaluating disassembly of android apps compiled to binary oats through the art

J Bleier, M Lindorfer - Proceedings of the 16th European Workshop on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The Android operating system has evolved significantly since its initial release in 2008. Most
importantly, in a continuing effort to increase the run-time performance of mobile …

Want to earn a few extra bucks? a first look at money-making apps

Y Hu, H Wang, L Li, Y Guo, G Xu… - 2019 IEEE 26th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Have you ever thought of earning profits from the apps that you are using on your mobile
device? It is actually achievable thanks to many so-called money-making apps, which pay …

A novel reputation system for mobile app stores using blockchain

GS Mendes, D Chen, BMC Silva, C Serrao, J Casal - Computer, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With thousands of mobile applications submitted to online application stores, the mobile
application market has experienced significant growth. This growth is accompanied by an …

The price to play: A privacy analysis of free and paid games in the android ecosystem

P Laperdrix, N Mehanna, A Durey… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
With an ever growing number of smartphone users, the mobile gaming industry is booming
and reached more than 2.6 billion players worldwide in 2020. While some mobile games …

Characterizing the global mobile app developers: a large-scale empirical study

H Wang, X Wang, Y Guo - 2019 IEEE/ACM 6th International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid growth of the mobile app ecosystem has attracted a great number of mobile app
developers. However, few previous studies have analyzed app developers comprehensively …