Google android: A comprehensive security assessment

The Android framework, Google's new software stack for mobile devices, includes an operating system, middleware, and key applications. This research provides a comprehensive security assessment of this framework and its security mechanisms The authors conducted a methodological qualitative risk analysis that identifies high-risk threats to the framework and any potential danger to information or to the system resulting from vulnerabilities attackers have uncovered and exploited. They propose several security solutions for mitigating these risks.