Implementing a hybrid Android sandbox for malware analysis

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 1114 - 1125, 29.04.2024

Mert Can Coskuner , Murat İskefiyeli

https://doi.org/10.29130/dubited.1239779

Abstract

Mobil telefon endüstrisi son yılların en hızlı gelişen endüstrilerinden biri olmuştur. Bu gelişmeler ışığında Android işletim sisteminin akıllı telefonlar içerisinde büyük bir payda elde etmesinin bir yan etkisi olarak Android işletim sistemi zararlı yazılım geliştiricilerinin de ilgini çekmeye başlamıştır. Artan zararlı Android uygulamalarının gerçekten zararlı olup olmadığına karar vermek için zararlı yazılım analistlerinin tipik olarak başvurduğu kum havuzları Android işletim sistemi için yetersiz kalmaktadır. Bu bağlamda yapılan akademik çalışmalar ve ortaya çıkan prototipler erişilebilirlik ve analiz yapabilme kapasitesi olarak yetersiz kalmıştır. Bu makalede Android zararlı yazılım analizi için hibrit analiz yapabilecek bir kum havuzu önerilmiş ve zararlı yazılımların tespiti için kullanılan kum havuzlarının Android zararlı yazılımlar yönünden incelemesi yapılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda hibrit analiz yeteneklerine sahip bir android kum havuzu geliştirilmiştir.

Keywords

android, zararlı yazılım, kum havuzu

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