Securing Android-Powered Mobile Devices Using SELinux

  • Authors:
  • Asaf Shabtai;Yuval Fledel;Yuval Elovici

  • Affiliations:
  • Ben-Gurion University;Ben-Gurion University;Ben-Gurion University

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Security and Privacy
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Google's Android framework incorporates an operating system and software stack for mobile devices. Using a general-purpose operating system such as Linux in mobile devices has advantages but also security risks. Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) can help reduce potential damage from a successful attack.