A Framework For Detecting And Countering Android Ui Attacks Via Inspection Of Ipc Traffic

Abstract

Android represents an ever-increasing share of the worldwide smart device market. The platform's ubiquity and open nature make Android a prime target for malicious actors. Unfortunately, device fragmentation among manufacturers makes maintaining cyber security difficult, invoking the need for third party security software. We present a framework for detecting and countering deceptive user interface attacks on the Android platform via inspection and analysis of inter-process communication transactions in the operating system. We evaluate our proof of concept implementation on a known class of malware that exploits the Android display system, allowing a malicious application to control the screen and mimic any application launched by the user. We achieve 100% detection rate of this malicious behavior with no false alarms.

Publication Date

7-27-2018

Publication Title

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volume

2018-May

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICC.2018.8422187

Socpus ID

85051419381 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85051419381

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