Scientific journal paper Q1
A novel reputation system for mobile app stores using blockchain
Goncalo Sousa Mendes (Mendes, G. S.); Daniel Chen (Chen, D.); Bruno M. C. Silva (Silva, B. M. C.); Carlos Serrão (Serrão, C.); João Casal (Casal, J.);
Journal Title
Computer
Year (definitive publication)
2021
Language
English
Country
United States of America
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Abstract
With thousands of mobile applications submitted to online application stores, the mobile application market has experienced significant growth. This growth is accompanied by an increase in malware presence. A possible solution would be to leverage those reports across all mobile ecosystems, creating a shared reputation system.
Acknowledgements
This work is part of the TrustChain project, cofunded by Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa [Portugal 2020/ European Union (EU)], in the context of the Portuguese Sistema de Incentivos à I&DT Empresarial (project LISBOA-01—0247-FEDER-038315).
Keywords
Android,App stores,Blockchain,Distributed ledger,Reputation
  • Computer and Information Sciences - Natural Sciences
  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering - Engineering and Technology
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UIDB/ EEA/50008/2020 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

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