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Mobile security faces serious challenges, with alarming threat levels of malicious applications (malware). Malware applications attempt to capture user’s private data for illicit purposes, namely financial data, of personal context (such as location), business / corporate or other kinds of valuable information.
To address this problem the AppSentinel project proposes that App Stores should incorporate proactive and intelligent anti-malware mechanisms themselves, given its privileged position between developers and end-users. In this sense, we propose to research and develop an intelligent anti-malware system for Android App Stores, capable of performing static and dynamic analysis of malicious applications from several sources and understand their behavior patterns, which will then be used in testing new applications submitted to these stores. Moreover, these new applications will also be tested regarding good practices in secure mobile software development, which will lead to educational feedbacks to developers. Finally, a supervised machine learning system will be investigated and developed for efficient detection of new malicious applications based on users’ feedback. With these technological innovations we intend to reduce the incidence of malware on mobile devices, increase the efficiency in the analysis of virus reported by users and accelerate the reaction to new threats, and contribute to the adoption of secure mobile software development practices by developers.
| Research Centre | Research Group | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISTAR-Iscte | Software Systems Engineering | Partner | 2010-06-30 | 2018-08-07 |
| Institution | Country | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptoide your Android App Store (Aptoide) | Portugal | Leader | 2010-06-30 | 2018-08-07 |
| Name | Affiliation | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Serrão | Professor Associado (DTDA); Integrated Researcher (ISTAR-Iscte); | Local Coordinator | 2013-01-01 | 2018-08-07 |
| Ana de Almeida | Professora Associada (com Agregação) (DCTI); Integrated Researcher (ISTAR-Iscte); | Researcher | 2016-01-01 | 2018-08-07 |
| João Pedro Oliveira | Professor Associado (DCTI); Integrated Researcher (IT-Iscte); | Researcher | 2017-12-29 | 2018-08-07 |
| Luís Nunes | Professor Associado (DCTI); Integrated Researcher (ISTAR-Iscte); | Researcher | 2015-01-01 | 2018-08-07 |
| Reference/Code | Funding DOI | Funding Type | Funding Program | Funding Amount (Global) | Funding Amount (Local) | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVISO Nº 03/SI/2017 | -- | Contract | Portugal2020/ Fundo Europeu do Desenvolvimento Regional - Programa Interface - Portugal | 568805,7 | 114 052,73 € | 2018-08-07 | 2020-07-03 |
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With the objective to increase the research activity directed towards the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the possibility of associating scientific projects with the Sustainable Development Goals is now available in Ciência_Iscte. These are the Sustainable Development Goals identified for this project. For more detailed information on the Sustainable Development Goals, click here.
