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Perform static analysis of Android APK malware samples using apktool for decompilation, jadx for Java source recovery, and androguard for permission analysis, manifest inspection, and suspicious API call detection.
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| name | analyzing-android-malware-with-apktool |
| description | Perform static analysis of Android APK malware samples using apktool for decompilation, jadx for Java source recovery, and androguard for permission analysis, manifest inspection, and suspicious API call detection. |
| domain | cybersecurity |
| subdomain | malware-analysis |
| tags | ["Android","APK","apktool","jadx","androguard","mobile-malware","static-analysis","reverse-engineering"] |
| version | 1.0 |
| author | mahipal |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| nist_csf | ["DE.AE-02","RS.AN-03","ID.RA-01","DE.CM-01"] |
| mitre_attack | ["T1406","T1407","T1626.001","T1655.001","T1521.001"] |
Android malware distributed as APK files can be statically analyzed to extract permissions, activities, services, broadcast receivers, and suspicious API calls without executing the sample. This skill uses androguard for programmatic APK analysis, identifying dangerous permission combinations, obfuscated code patterns, dynamic code loading, reflection-based API calls, and network communication indicators.
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