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From APK unpacking to behavioral analysis — with three real-world malware case studies and a companion automated analysis tool
98 min read Mar 30, 2026
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Table of Contents
- Introduction: Why Android Malware Analysis Matters
- Android Architecture and the Attacker’s Perspective
- APK Structure: What You Are Actually Analyzing
- Emulator Setup: Install, Deploy, and Connect via ADB
- Setting Up Your Analysis Environment
- Android-Malware-Analysis Tool Setup
- ADB Quick Reference
- Static Analysis: Dissecting Without Running
- Dynamic Analysis: Observing Behavior at Runtime
- Case Study 1: FluBot — The SMS Banking Trojan
- Case Study 2: Cerberus — Banking Trojan as a Service
- Case Study 3: SpyNote/SpyMax — Remote Access Trojan
- Detection Engineering: YARA Rules and IOC Extraction