Static detection of Android malware by using permissions and API calls

Abstract

Android smart phones have become more and more popular due to its increasing functionalities, compatibility and convenience. More and more Android applications have been developed and can be downloaded easily from app markets. However, Android malwares have increased significantly in recent years. In this paper, we proposed a feature set containing the permissions and API calls for Android malware static detection. Classifiers that used the proposed feature set outperform those only with the permissions experimentally. It showed that the information of API calls is helpful in recognizing Android malware.