Credit index measurement method for Android application security based on AHP

XU Junfeng; WANG Jiajie; ZHU Kelei; ZHANG Puhan; MA Yufei

doi:10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2018.26.007

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Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology) ›› 2018, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (2) : 131-136. DOI: 10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2018.26.007

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Credit index measurement method for Android application security based on AHP

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The openness and popularity of Android systems has resulted in, Android applications facing serious security risks such as malicious injection and re-packaging. The traditional measurement methods of Android software security can generally determine its security level for its security index measurement accuracy, but they cannot provide accurate software credit measurements and security index sorting. This paper assigns a safety coefficient to indicate the scope of security after a reverse analysis of the Android software for the security classification. Then, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) evaluation model is used for a preliminary safety score of the Android software. Meanwhile, the Android software certification strength and the violation records in the external application market are used to calculate the final AHP security index twice. Tests show that this measurement method can accurately measure the security index of Android software products.

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Android reverse engineering / Android security measurement / analytic hierarchy process

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XU Junfeng, WANG Jiajie, ZHU Kelei, ZHANG Puhan, MA Yufei. Credit index measurement method for Android application security based on AHP[J]. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology). 2018, 58(2): 131-136 https://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2018.26.007

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