SURVEY ON ANDROID MALWARE DETECTION METHODS USING STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS

Android, the name is quite enough to show its dominance in the mobile computing world.Android mobile apps are widely popular and hence malicious applications pose a threat to the security of the android platform. most mobile malware is designed to disable a mobile device, allow a malicious user remotely control the device or to steal personal information stored on the device. Most anti- malware applications use static analysis for detection. the objective of the topic is to detect android malware either statically or dynamically. A new method, DREBIN is proposed, which is a light-weight method for the detection of Android malware that enables identifying malicious acations directly on the smartphone. DREBIN is a method that is capable of identifying android malware with high accuracy and few false alarms, independent of manually crafted detection. For implementing dynamic analysis along with broad static analysis, a tool Honeypot is introduced which helps in maintaining repository of maximum types of malware present in the cyber world. A method to control the permissions is also done for the user to become more aware of the permissions that are given to the apps.