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SAFETYCHECK Eric Hatch | David Allen |Bailee Lucas| Austin Rhodes
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SECURITY PROBLEM New vulnerabilities are discovered everyday in tools used by Android Apps. Users don’t know about or understand latest vulnerabilities.
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SECURITY PROBLEM Google play store doesn’t check for known vulnerabilities in source code.
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SECURITY PROBLEM Users are left to trust developers that their apps are safe. Often developers are unaware of vulnerabilities in there app.
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POSSIBLE ATTACKS
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SOLUTION Two parts: SafetyCheck PlayDrone
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PLAYDRONE -Scans source code of apps on the Google play store. -Detects vulnerabilities. -Stores results in database.
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SAFETYCHECK End User Android App. SafetyCheck will warn users of apps that contain vulnerabilities. Uses data collected via PlayDrone
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IMPACT OF SOLUTION Users are better informed about apps on their phone. Users can now make a more educated decision about what apps to install.
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IMPACT OF SOLUTION CONT. Increase motivation for developers to produce patches
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CHALLENGES 1.Obtaining PlayDrone technology 2.Finding a way to coexist with Google’s Play Store restrictions 3.Keeping the database updated for: App updates New vulnerabilities
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RECAP 1.Non-malicious apps can unintentionally contain security vulnerabilities 2.There exists a technology, PlayDrone, to scan for these vulnerabilities 3.Our solution informs end-users of these potential vulnerabilities
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