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Inter-application Communications Using Covert Channels in Android Applications

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Intelligent Computing & Optimization (ICO 2022)

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Inter-application communication helps applications exchange information. Detecting applications that perform collaborative attacks to leak sensitive data out of the device needs to be done. Inter-application communication via covert channel can be used to bypass common inter-application communication analysis methods. In this study, we build a dataset containing the scenarios that cause information leakage across applications using covert channel such as using clipboard, screen brightness, stream volume level, call log. In addition, we propose a system that allows detection of covert channels in the datasets. The results of this study can be applied to many other related studies in the future.

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Acknowledgement

This research is funded by the University of Information Technology, Vietnam National University HoChiMinh City (VNU-HCM) under Grant No. D1–2022-22.

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  1. Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, University of Information Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Nguyen Tan Cam, Pham Nhat Duy, Vo Ngoc Tan, Nguyen Vuong Thinh, Nguyen Chi Duc & Nguyen Quoc Bao

  2. Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Nguyen Tan Cam, Pham Nhat Duy, Vo Ngoc Tan, Nguyen Vuong Thinh, Nguyen Chi Duc & Nguyen Quoc Bao

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  1. Modeling Evolutionary Algorithms Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Pandian Vasant

  2. Faculty of Engineering Management, Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland

    Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber

  3. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico

    José Antonio Marmolejo-Saucedo

  4. Department of Business Statistics and Operations Research, School of Economic Sciences, North West University, Mahikeng, South Africa

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    J. Joshua Thomas

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Cam, N.T., Duy, P.N., Tan, V.N., Thinh, N.V., Duc, N.C., Bao, N.Q. (2023). Inter-application Communications Using Covert Channels in Android Applications. In: Vasant, P., Weber, GW., Marmolejo-Saucedo, J.A., Munapo, E., Thomas, J.J. (eds) Intelligent Computing & Optimization. ICO 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 569. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19958-5_19

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