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* [http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/security.html Security and Permissions] | * [http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/security.html Security and Permissions] | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 5 November 2010
Here are a number of references related to Android Security
Official documentation
- Main websites: http://www.android.com , http://code.google.com/android , http://developer.android.com/
- Android Developer's Guide
- Security and Permissions
- Testing and Instrumentation
- AndroidManifest.xml File and Permissions list
- Notepad Tutorial - Recomended starting point to understand Android
- Android Secuity Mailing list
Published Research and presentations
- Presentations
- Coverity SCAN 2010 Open Source Integrity Report which contains information about 88 Kernel bugs in Android
- [https://www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC_Android_Exploratory_Blackhat_2009.pdf Exploratory Android Security (iSEC Partners, Blackhat_2009)
- Developing Secure Mobile Applications for Android
- Building Android Sandcastles in Android's Sandbox at BlackHat Abu Dhabi (Nov 10 - 11 2010) (NOT PUBLISHED YET)
- Books
- Blog posts
Tools
- Android Development
- Android Security Review
- Dex2Jar : "...Android mobile device runs applications which have been converted into a compact Dalvik Executable (.dex) format. Dex2Jar converts .dex files to Java .class files..."
- ApkTool : "...It is a tool for reengineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications; it makes possible to debug smali code step by step. Also it makes working with app easier because of project-like files structure and automation of some repetitive tasks like building apk, etc..."
- JD : Java Decompiler
- OWASP O2 Platform can be used to review the Android Java source code (create object model of compiled java code, search source-code files, model config files)
- Commercial tools (like Fortify, IBM AppScan Source) can parse Java files (the question is "Do they have Android Specific rules")
- iSec Partners have a number of Android related tools at https://www.isecpartners.com/mobile_application_tools.html
