Preface

Android has quickly become one of the most popular mobile operating systems, not only to users but also developers companies of all kinds. Of course, because of this it's also become quite a popular platform to malicious adversaries.

Android has been around in the public domain since 2005 and has seen massive growth in capability and complexity. Mobile smart phones in general now harbor very sensitive information about their users as well as access to their e-mails, text messages, and social and professional networking services. As with any software, this rise in capability and complexity also brings about a rise in security risk; the more powerful and more complex the software becomes, the harder they are to manage and adapt to the big ...

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