May 7, 2013 by Chris Koenis
May 7, 2013 by Chris Koenis
News – from university research shows that common anti-virus products for Android easy garden are guided by trivial transformation techniques
.
Anti-virus software for Android protects hardly. That is the conclusion of a group of researchers from Northwestern University and North Carolina State University. They tested the ten most popular anti-virus products for Android and discovered that a simple adaptation of the malware code often enough to be.
not recognizedmade Unrecognizable
The study anti-virus software from Symantec, AVG, Kaspersky Lab, Trend Micro, ESET, ESTsoft, Lookout, Zoner, Webroot, and Dr. Web tested. This is the tool DroidChameleon developed a framework that automatically some transformation techniques to release Android applications. Thus, variants of existing malware – with the same purpose – made and not recognized by the anti-virus software
.
According to the researchers, 43 percent of the control based on file names, checksums (or binary strings) or the information collected by the Package Manager API. A small variation thus creates the invisible. An example is the often emerging DroidDream malware, which the researchers made two variants that no anti-virus software signaled.
Trivial transformations
“Our findings show that all anti-malware products that have been evaluated are susceptible to common evasion techniques and even succumb to trivial transformations that require no adjustment at code level,” concludes the researchers. German research in 2011 showed that free antivirus software on an Android smartphone or tablet no sense.
This new research does add a hopeful gloss. A year ago, 45 percent of anti-virus products for the garden led by trivial transformations. That is still 16 per cent. That’s because the makers of these products focus more on content-based matching, such as matching identifiers and strings.
Featured white papers
Emergence Apps requires new approach IT management
Download
App is pivotal in IT network. Are you ready for the “application-aware network approach ‘?
How to create a mobile app safe?
Download
Read this white paper how you can promote safety. mobile apps using code signing
No comments:
Post a Comment