CloneSpot: Fast detection of Android repackages

Repackaging of applications is one of the key attack vectors for mobile malware. This is particularly easy and popular in Android Markets, where applications can be downloaded, decompiled, modified and re-uploaded at a very low cost. Detecting clones and victims is often a hard task, especially in markets with several million of applications to analyze, such as Google Play Store. This work proposes CloneSpot, a novel methodology to efficiently...