Publications (4)
Android Security Framework: Enabling Generic and Extensible Access Control on Android
Michael Backes, Sven Bugiel, Sebastian Gerling +1
We introduce the Android Security Framework (ASF), a generic, extensible security framework for Android that enables the development and integration of a wide spectrum of security…
Albatross: An optimistic consensus algorithm
Pascal Berrang, Inês Cruz, Bruno França +2
The consensus protocol is a critical component of distributed ledgers and blockchains. Achieving consensus over a decentralized network poses challenges to transaction finality and…
A Novel Attack against Android Phones
Michael Backes, Sebastian Gerling, Philipp von Styp-Rekowsky
In the first quarter of 2011, Android has become the top-selling operating system for smartphones. In this paper, we present a novel, highly critical attack that allows unprompted…
ARTist: The Android Runtime Instrumentation and Security Toolkit
Michael Backes, Sven Bugiel, Oliver Schranz +2
We present ARTist, a compiler-based application instrumentation solution for Android. ARTist is based on the new ART runtime and the on-device dex2oat compiler of Android, which re…