A Review on The Use of Deep Learning in Android Malware Detection

Understand

Android is the predominant mobile operating system for the past few years.

• The prevalence of devices that can be powered by Android magnetized not merely application developers but also malware developers with criminal intention to design and spread malicious applications that can affect the normal work of Android phones and tablets, steal personal information and credential data, or even worse lock the phone and ask for ransom.
• Researchers persistently devise countermeasures strategies to fight back malware.
• One of these strategies applied in the past five years is the use of deep learning methods in Android malware detection.