RootGuard: Protecting rooted android phones

Yuru Shao; Xiapu Luo; Chenxiong Qian

doi:10.1109/MC.2014.163

RootGuard: Protecting rooted android phones

Yuru Shao, Xiapu Luo, Chenxiong Qian

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Abstract

Though popular for achieving full operation functionality, rooting Android phones opens these devices to significant security threats. RootGuard offers protection from malware with root privileges while providing user flexibility and control. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/-KMMfxOoCjg is a video demonstration of how RootGuard manages root privileges of Android apps in a flexible and robust manner. First, we use the popular root-required app Root Explorer to show the configuration and effectiveness of RootGuard policies. Then, we use DKFBootkit, a real-world malicious app that leverages root access to do evil, to show how malware attacks performed with root privileges are mitigated by RootGuard.

Original language	English
Pages	32-40
Number of pages	9
Volume	47
No.	6
Specialist publication	Computer
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2014.163
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

Android
malware
root privilege
root-management systems
RootGuard
security
smartphone security

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General Computer Science

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