Malware analysis: Reverse engineering tools using santuko linux

Abstract The mobile malware is scaling up in terms of numbers and in degree of sophistication. The analysis of mobile malware is challenging for several reasons e.g., mobile apps are context aware and use the device resources which can pose greater risks for their security. In this work, a novel approach for the analysis of mobile malware is explored. The mobile malware is analyzed buying the commercially available reverse engineering tools. The complete cycle of reverse engineering is narrated for a benchmark mobile malware which starts from apk file to java code. The reverse engineered code of malware is of huge importance for extracting the malware patterns especially from sophisticated malwares like spyware and Trojans. The results show that the tools can be used to extract the complete source code of the malware which can potentially be used for dynamic analysis.