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PIndroid: A novel Android malware detection system using ensemble learning methods

Idrees, F., Rajarajan, M., Conti, M. , Chen, T. & Rahulamathavan, Y. (2017). PIndroid: A novel Android malware detection system using ensemble learning methods. Computers and Security, 68, pp. 36-46. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2017.03.011

Abstract

The extensive use of smartphones has been a major driving force behind a drastic increase of malware attacks. Covert techniques used by the malware make them hard to detect with signature based methods. In this paper, we present PIndroid – a novel Permissions and Intents based framework for identifying Android malware apps. To the best of our knowledge, PIndroid is the first solution that uses a combination of permissions and intents supplemented with Ensemble methods for accurate malware detection. The proposed approach, when applied to 1,745 real world applications, provides 99.8% accuracy (which is best reported to date). Empirical results suggest that the proposed framework is effective in detection of malware apps.

Publication Type: Article
Publisher Keywords: Malware classification; Permissions; Intents; Ensemble methods; Colluding applications
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Engineering
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