Among the most significant smartphone operating systems that have arisen recently is Google’s Android framework. Google’s Android is a software framework for mobile communication devices. The Android framework includes an operating system, middleware and a set of key applications. Designed as open, programmable, networked devices, Android is vulnerable to various types of threats. This paper provides a security assessment of the Android framework and the security mechanisms incorporated into it. In addition, a review of recent academic and commercial solutions in the area of smartphone security in general and Android in particular is presented.
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Fledel, Y., Shabtai, A., Potashnik, D., & Elovici, Y. (2012). Google android: An updated security review. In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST (Vol. 76 LNICST, pp. 401–414). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29336-8_29
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