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Title: Automatic Security Bug Detection with FindSecurityBugs Plugin
The security threats to mobile application are growing explosively. Mobile app flaws and security defects could open doors for hackers to easily attack mobile apps. Secure software development must be addressed earlier in the development life cycle rather than fixing the security holes after attacking. Early eliminating against possible security vulnerability will help us increase the security of software and mitigate the consequence of damages of data loss caused by potential malicious attacking. In this paper, we present a static security analysis approach with open source FindSecurityBugs plugin for Android Studio IDE. We demonstrate that integration of the plugin enables developers secure mobile application and mitigating security risks during implementation time in Android Studio IDE. We demonstrate that integration of the plugin enables developers secure mobile application and mitigating security risks during implementation time. Secure software development must be addressed earlier in the development lifecycle rather than fixing the security holes after attacking. Early eliminating against possible security vulnerability will help us increase the security of software and mitigate the consequence of damages of data loss caused by potential malicious attacking. In this paper, we present a static security analysis approach with open source FindSecurityBugs plugin for Android Studio IDE. We demonstrate that integration of the plugin enables developers secure mobile application and mitigating security risks during implementation time.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1723578
NSF-PAR ID:
10156137
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1-9
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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