The Android Malware Handbook: Detection and Analysis by Human and...

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The Android Malware Handbook: Detection and Analysis by Human and Machine PDF
Written by machine-learning researchers and members of the Android Security team, this all-star guide tackles the analysis and detection of malware that targets the Android operating system.
This groundbreaking guide to Android malware distills years of research by machine learning experts in academia and members of Meta and Google’s Android Security teams into a comprehensive introduction to detecting common threats facing the Android eco-system today.
Explore the history of Android malware in the wild since the operating system first launched and then practice static and dynamic approaches to analyzing real malware specimens. Next, examine machine learning techniques that can be used to detect malicious apps, the types of classification models that defenders can implement to achieve these detections, and the various malware features that can be used as input to these models. Adapt these machine learning strategies to the identification of malware categories like banking trojans, ransomware, and SMS fraud.
You’ll:
Dive deep into the source code of real malware
Explore the static, dynamic, and complex features you can extract from malware for analysis
Master the machine learning algorithms useful for malware detection
Survey the efficacy of machine learning techniques at detecting common Android malware categories
The Android Malware Handbook’s team of expert authors will guide you through the Android threat landscape and prepare you for the next wave of malware to come.
Table of Contents
Part I. A PRIMER ON ANDROID MALWARE
1. The Basics of Android Security
2. Android Malware in the Wild
Part II. MANUAL ANALYSIS
3. Static Analysis
4. Dynamic Analysis
Part III. MACHINE LEARNING DETECTION
5. Machine Learning Fundamentals
6. Machine Learning Features
7. Rooting Malware
8. Spyware
9. Banking Trojans
10. Ransomware
11. SMS Fraud
12. The Future of Android Malware
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