A System That Facilitates Malware Identification in Smartphones
Carlos III University of Madrid (Spain) (09/09/14)
Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) researchers have developed DENDROID, a tool that helps security analysts protect users from malware. The researchers say the system enables a large number of smartphone apps to be analyzed in order to determine the malware's origins and family. UC3M's Guillermo Suarez says the tool enables users to find the malware's origins "in any type of device, ranging from traditional cell phones to today's smartphones, and even in our washing machine." Suarez notes the development of malware specifically designed to attack smartphones has become a large industry that incorporates code reuse methodology. "They don't create a program from scratch, but rather they create a new sample," he says. DENDROID enables security analysts to study a large quantity of apps to determine the origins of a malware sample and the family to which it belongs. The tools also create a phylogenetic tree to determine the malware's possible ancestors. "The developers generally reuse components of other malwares, and that precisely is what allows us to construct this genetic map," Suarez notes. He says DENDROID will help analysts protect markets and ensure that users will not need to completely depend on detectors in smartphones.
Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) researchers have developed DENDROID, a tool that helps security analysts protect users from malware. The researchers say the system enables a large number of smartphone apps to be analyzed in order to determine the malware's origins and family. UC3M's Guillermo Suarez says the tool enables users to find the malware's origins "in any type of device, ranging from traditional cell phones to today's smartphones, and even in our washing machine." Suarez notes the development of malware specifically designed to attack smartphones has become a large industry that incorporates code reuse methodology. "They don't create a program from scratch, but rather they create a new sample," he says. DENDROID enables security analysts to study a large quantity of apps to determine the origins of a malware sample and the family to which it belongs. The tools also create a phylogenetic tree to determine the malware's possible ancestors. "The developers generally reuse components of other malwares, and that precisely is what allows us to construct this genetic map," Suarez notes. He says DENDROID will help analysts protect markets and ensure that users will not need to completely depend on detectors in smartphones.
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