A Novel Custom Intent BasedApproach to Improve Android Application Security for Intent Based Attacks

Abstract

Android is one of the most used Operating System these days. As we all know Android applications make one's life faster, smoother and more convenient in day to day activities. Android provides functionality using which an application can access components of another application and that functionality is known as IPC (Inter Process Communication). IPC uses mechanism for message passing which is known as Intent. We will examine application communication model to analyze the vulnerabilities using static and dynamic analysis. While performing such analysis we will find possible vulnerabilities of intent. As Intent is vulnerable for security and privacy we will implement concept of Intent Verification with custom intent using intent filter. This research helps to make intents more secure as we will use intent authentication mechanism.