The Cryptogeddon of Blockchain: Designing policy recommendations for public blockchains to transition towards a quantum-safe environment

Dynamic analysis of Android applications to extract spam caller IDs

Spam calls are becoming an increasing problem, with people receiving multiple spam calls per month on average. Multiple Android applications exist that are able to detect spam calls and display a warning or block such calls. Little is known however on how these applications work and what numbers they block.<br/>In this research, the following...

Analysing Android Spam Call Applications: Developing a Methodology For Dynamic Analysis

The aim of this research is to provide a structured approach for dynamically analysing Android applications, focusing on applications that block or flag suspected spam caller IDs. This paper discusses ways to determine how an application stores the data regarding the phone numbers, and what APIs it utilizes. In order to develop a methodology of...

Storage and retrieval mechanisms in mobile spam blocking applications

Applications on Android phones which block spam calls could be argued a necessity for people unfortunate enough to have their number on spam lists. Third-party applications provide exten- sive, up-to-date blocklists to screen incoming calls. This paper analyses and describes how these types of applications store and access their data. First we...

Static Analysis of Spam Call Blocking Applications: Common Android APIs Used for Call Interception and Blocking

In order to combat increasing spam calls, many applications are developed and downloaded to block those calls. Some studies about performance of the applications were previously conducted, however, the actual processes the applications go through to intercept and block the spam calls are not well studied. This research presents a method to...

Analysis of components in the manifest file of spam call blocking applications on Android

Spam calls are a widespread problem as people receive about 14 spam calls per month on average. In response, tens of applications are available in Google’s Play Store that aim to block these calls. While these apps have hundreds of millions of installations, there’s a lack of research into these applications. Research has been done on the user...