Comparative overview of basic cybervulnerabilities of mobile applications for android operating system

Abstract

With the market for mobile applications for Android platform constantly growing and more securitydependent tasks moving to mobile platforms, security of Android applications is a major concern for developers and users. In this paper, an overview of Android operating system security model is given. Components of Android application are studied, with special attention given to mechanisms of Inter-process communication via Intents. An overview of basic vulnerabilities of Android applications and vulnerabilities of IPC in Android applications is performed. Recommendations for avoiding described vulnerabilities are given.