Permission Watcher Tool: a sandbox tool based static and Dynamic analysis for Android Apps

Android security has become a very important issue with regard to mobile phone development: Android gives great freedom to developers to create and publish their apps for free in the PlayStore. The security mechanism of Android is based on an instrument that gives users the information about permissions that the application requests before installing it. This authorization system provides an overview of the application, and this can help to raise awareness of its risks. However, standard users still do not have enough information to understand clearly these requested authorizations and their implications on their security. In this article, we present a tool called “Permission watcher” that combines dynamic and static analysis. Our proposed tool allows users to install any application with only the necessary permissions instead of accepting all permissions requested or cancel the installation completely. To cite this document: Er-rajy Latifa, and El Kiram My Ahmed, PERMISSION WATCHER TOOL: A SANDBOX TOOL-BASED STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS FOR ANDROID APPS , International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies, Vol.9, No.2, pp.209-238, 2018. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.7903/ijecs.1651