AppFA: A Novel Approach to Detect Malicious Android Applications on the Network

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:7.76em"/><col style="width:8.23em"/><col style="width:12.25em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Total packet sizes</td><td class="align_center">Number of tcp connections </td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Repackaged app</td><td class="align_center">2.3 Mb</td><td class="align_center">18</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Original app</td><td class="align_center">193.2 kb</td><td class="align_center">11</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Comparison of network behaviors of original app <i>com.camelgames.mxmotor</i> and its repackaged version (repackaged by AnserverBot).</div>

Security and Communication Networks

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