An Analytical Study and Solution for Botnet of an Innovative Platform for Mobile Operating System: Android

Smartphones are the latest technology trend of the 21st century. Development and demand for seamless interconnectivity of smart devices to provide various functionality and abilities to users. Google’s android mobile operating system leads in Smartphone’s market. Customizing feature of android place Android ahead of the other smartphone OSs. Still having such popularity, there is rise of Android malware. One such threat is the impact of botnets on Android smartphones. Recently, malware has surfaced that revealed specific characteristics relating to traditional botnet activities. Malware such as Geinimi, Pjapps, DroidDream, and RootSmart all display traditional botnet functionalities. it is important to understand the underlying structure of an Android botnet due to security perspective. This paper evaluates Android malware with the purpose of defining history and characteristics relating to botnet behaviour as well as architecture for botnet. I identified mobile malware as one of the main issue in the smart devices’ security. The identified characteristics are then further explored to discuss an integrated security solution for the Android Botnet Discovery Process.