Security Solution for Android Application Assessment

Abstract: Android Operating System is dominating the share of smartphones. Mobile applications like banking, e-shopping, business apps used on these devices have become foundational tool for today‟s workforce. However the smartphone users are under continuous threat of exposure and misuse of their personal information due to rapid growth of malware for android which significantly exceeds that of any other platforms. Android being open platform supports the development of applications. Nowadays one can publish an application after registration as a developer for USD25. Due to its availability to all android users, the android market is the main channel of malware distribution. Along with its growth, the importance of security has also risen. A proportional increase in the number of vulnerabilities is also happening to the extent that there are limited numbers of security applications available to protect these devices. Among the security apps many antivirus which work on the application layer are present in the market which claims the security. However, the efficacies of these applications have not been empirically established. After studying the shortcomings and demerits of the available solutions, an enhanced security solution for android application assessment at the operating system level is suggested. Due to this solution, we are able to mitigate attacks caused by malwares on android smart phones due to variety of applications.

Keywords: Android, smartphones, application security, malware detection.