Towards android application protection via kernel extension

Tuo Wang; Lu Liu; Chongzhi Gao; Jingjing Hu; Jingyu Liu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05234-8_16

Towards android application protection via kernel extension

Tuo Wang, Lu Liu, Chongzhi Gao, Jingjing Hu, Jingyu Liu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As an integral part of Android system security, Android application protection has always been favored by researchers. The current popular protection schemes include the source code confusion, anti-debugging technology, and confusions of executable files. However, these schemes modify the applications more or less undoubtedly, and that causes inconvenience while these applications are running. This article proposes a kernel-level Android application protection scheme which can eliminate the need for additional application modifications and protect all application data. Therefore, we designed an encryption system and implemented a prototype system Godzilla on the basis of the Linux kernel 3.18.14 in order to verify the validity of the design. Experiments show that the system can achieve our goals well. Compared to non-protected applications, protected ones will have corresponding time loss during installation and startup, but they are all within acceptable limits.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - ICA3PP 2018 International Workshops, Proceedings
Editors	Ting Hu, Hongwei Li, Qian Wang, Feng Wang
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	131-137
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783030052331
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05234-8_16
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	18th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - ICA3PP 2018 Collocated Workshops: ICA3PP 2018 Workshop on Intelligent Algorithms for Large-scale Complex Optimization Problems, IALCOP 2018, ICA3PP 2018 Workshop on Security and Privacy in Data Processing, SPDP 2018 - Guangzhou, China Duration: 15 Nov 2018 → 17 Nov 2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11338 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	18th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - ICA3PP 2018 Collocated Workshops: ICA3PP 2018 Workshop on Intelligent Algorithms for Large-scale Complex Optimization Problems, IALCOP 2018, ICA3PP 2018 Workshop on Security and Privacy in Data Processing, SPDP 2018
Country/Territory	China
City	Guangzhou
Period	15/11/18 → 17/11/18

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Android application
Encryption system
Kernel

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Wang, T., Liu, L., Gao, C., Hu, J., & Liu, J. (2018). Towards android application protection via kernel extension. In T. Hu, H. Li, Q. Wang, & F. Wang (Eds.), Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - ICA3PP 2018 International Workshops, Proceedings (pp. 131-137). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11338 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05234-8_16

Wang, Tuo ; Liu, Lu ; Gao, Chongzhi et al. / Towards android application protection via kernel extension. Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - ICA3PP 2018 International Workshops, Proceedings. editor / Ting Hu ; Hongwei Li ; Qian Wang ; Feng Wang. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 131-137 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Wang, T, Liu, L, Gao, C, Hu, J & Liu, J 2018, Towards android application protection via kernel extension. in T Hu, H Li, Q Wang & F Wang (eds), Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - ICA3PP 2018 International Workshops, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11338 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 131-137, 18th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - ICA3PP 2018 Collocated Workshops: ICA3PP 2018 Workshop on Intelligent Algorithms for Large-scale Complex Optimization Problems, IALCOP 2018, ICA3PP 2018 Workshop on Security and Privacy in Data Processing, SPDP 2018, Guangzhou, China, 15/11/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05234-8_16

Towards android application protection via kernel extension. / Wang, Tuo; Liu, Lu; Gao, Chongzhi et al.
Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - ICA3PP 2018 International Workshops, Proceedings. ed. / Ting Hu; Hongwei Li; Qian Wang; Feng Wang. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 131-137 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11338 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Wang T, Liu L, Gao C, Hu J, Liu J. Towards android application protection via kernel extension. In Hu T, Li H, Wang Q, Wang F, editors, Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - ICA3PP 2018 International Workshops, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2018. p. 131-137. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05234-8_16

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