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Jitana: A Modern Hybrid Program Analysis Framework For Android Platforms, Yutaka Tsutano, Shakthi Bachala, Witawas Srisa-An, Gregg Rothermel, Jackson Dinh

School of Computing: Faculty Publications

Security vetting of Android apps is often performed under tight time constraints (e.g., a few minutes). As such, vetting activities must be performed “at speed”, when an app is submitted for distribution or a device is analyzed for malware. Existing static and dynamic program analysis approaches are not feasible for use in security analysis tools because they require a much longer time to operate than security analysts can afford. There are two factors that limit the performance and efficiency of current analysis approaches. First, existing approaches analyze only one app at a time. Finding security vulnerabilities in collaborative environments such …