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Risk Analysis of Android Apps and Fake ID Flaw Solution Model

Shristi Pandey, Ravi Kant, Vijendra Singh

Abstract


In this era of modern technology where everyone rely on the latest technical specifications especially concerning with the latest mobiles and apps. Keeping this in mind the various software companies have launched their own operating system for mobile, and in the same field ‘Google’ also launched their own mobile operating system android which has its own technicality and specification which is competing with the other company’s operating system. After using the android in mobile, people came to know that some problems have been faced by the android user and the problem is not hardware related but in fact it is the major flaw of the android operating system which is considered as the fake ID problem. This flaw allow hacker to impersonate the trusted application and potentially hijack the users mobile phone, extracting all the critical data from the mobile and the result would be catastrophic. Various solutions have been proposed by the researchers around the globe to overcome this problem. Here, I am providing a specific method to overcome this critical flaw of android operating system.

Cite this Article
Shristi Pandey, Ravi Kant, Vijendra Singh. Risk analysis of android apps and fake ID flaw solution model. Journal of Mobile Computing, Communications and Mobile Networks. 2015; 2(3): 46–58p.


Keywords


APK, MinSDK, MaxSDK, TargetSDK, X.509,PKI, IPsec, TLS, PKIX, ASN.1, malware, spyware, risk ware, trojan, jelly beans, kit kat, defense in depth, android apps, certifying authority

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