Android Malware Detection Using Fine-Grained Features

Table 6

Information gain of the top 20 permissions of 86,798 malware samples.

Information gain	Permission
0.33442	GET_TASKS
0.32002	SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
0.29962	WRITE_SETTING
0.21801	WAKE_LOCK
0.1655	ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
0.1588	CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
0.14685	ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
0.12524	ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
0.11073	GET_ACCOUNTS
0.09772	ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
0.07362	VIBRATE
0.06159	WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
0.03961	READ_SMS
0.02997	INSTALL_SHORTCUT
0.00644	READ_CONTACTS
0.00546	READ_PHONE_STATE
0.00531	SEND_SMS
0.00399	RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
0.00314	RECEIVE_SMS
0.00154	INTERNET