Over 3,000 Android Malware Samples Using Multiple Techniques to Bypass Detection

Background:

On June 28th, Zimperium zLab researchers observed that Joe Sandbox published a tweet that mentioned an application package file (APK) that could not be analyzed from most of the anti-decompilation tools, but could be installed on Android devices whose OS version is above Android 9 Pie (API 28). This sample uses a technique that limits the possibility of decompiling the application for a large number of tools, reducing the possibilities of being analyzed. In order to do that, the …

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