Android Tapjacking Vulnerability
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چکیده
Android is an open source mobile operating system that is developed mainly by Google. It is used on a significant portion of mobile devices worldwide. In this paper, I will be looking at an attack commonly known as tapjacking. I will be taking the attack apart and walking through each individual step required to implement the attack. I will then explore the various payload options available to an attacker. Lastly, I will touch on the feasibility of the attack as well as mitigation strategies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- CoRR
دوره abs/1507.08694 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015