Privacy

Robust smartphone app identification via encrypted network traffic analysis

The apps installed on a smartphone can revealmuch information about a user, such as their medical conditions,sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. Additionally, the presenceor absence of particular apps on a smartphone can informan adversary who …

Appscanner: Automatic fingerprinting of smartphone apps from encrypted network traffic

Automatic fingerprinting and identification of smartphone apps is becoming a very attractive data gathering technique for adversaries, network administrators, investigators and marketing agencies. In fact, the list of apps installed on a device can …

Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Identification of User Actions on Android Apps via Traffic Analysis

While smartphone usage become more and more pervasive,people start also asking to which extent such devices can bemaliciously exploited as “tracking devices”. The concern isnot only related to an adversary taking physical or remotecontrol of the …

Can't You Hear Me Knocking: Identification of User Actions on Android Apps via Traffic Analysis

While smartphone usage become more and more pervasive,people start also asking to which extent such devices can bemaliciously exploited as “tracking devices”. The concern isnot only related to an adversary taking physical or remotecontrol of the …