2020 · 55 citations · 30 references
ComputingCybersecurityInformation TechnologyApplication SecurityMobile ComputingMobile SecurityCode Obfuscation AnalysisMalware Reverse EngineeringMobile Application DevelopmentMobile Application VulnerabilitiesSoftware Vulnerability DiscoveryAndroid Application AnalysisAndroid Malware AnalysisLibrary IdentificationMalicious App DetectionMalicious Behavior AnalysisMobile Malware DetectionThird-party Library Vulnerabilities
Third-party libraries (TPLs) have become a significant part of the Android ecosystem. Developers can employ various TPLs with different functionalities to facilitate their app development. Unfortunately, the popularity of TPLs also brings new challenges and even threats. TPLs may carry malicious or vulnerable code, which can infect popular apps to pose threats to mobile users. Besides, the code of third-party libraries could constitute noises in some downstream tasks (e.g., malware and repackaged app detection). Thus, researchers have developed various tools to identify TPLs. However, no existing work has studied these TPL detection tools in detail; different tools focus on different applications with performance differences, but little is known about them.
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