University of Southern California

Yixue Zhao

Nenad Medvidovic

Yingjun Lyu

Peera Yoodee

Marcelo Schmitt Laser

Youn Kyu Lee

Arman Shahbazian

Jae Young Bang

Daye Nam

Gholamreza Safi

Systems and methods for reducing latency in use of mobile applications include creating a list of potential internet requests from a mobile application based on an analysis of the mobile application. The systems and methods include creating a trigger map that maps each of a plurality of trigger points of the mobile application with a corresponding target internet request to be prefetched from the list of potential internet requests. The systems and methods include creating a URL map that maps each of a plurality of the potential internet requests with corresponding URL values. The systems and methods include identifying that a current app function matches a trigger point of the plurality of trigger points. The systems and methods include performing the potential internet request in response to identifying that the current app function matches the trigger point prior to the target request being received in order to reduce latency.

Latency minimization in mobile applications

A system for providing increased security in a mobile operating system includes at least one mobile device and a remote computing device that is remote from the mobile device. The remote computing device receives a list of two or more applications that are currently installed or intended to be installed on the mobile device's operating system. The remote computing device identifies vulnerable inter-component communication (ICC) paths by analyzing files associated with each of the two or more applications. A list of the vulnerable ICC paths is stored in memory of the mobile device. The mobile processor compares the list of the vulnerable ICC paths to intents sent by the components of the two or more applications and identifies a potential unsecure intent that matches one of the list of the vulnerable ICC paths. Unsecured intents can then be blocked by the user.

SEALANT: security for end-users of android via light-weight analysis techniques

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