// 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.
| 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"] |
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