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This method is very useful to hide the secret images.
This paper proposes a new approach to hide any secret data in images.
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Mingshen Sun, Mengmeng Li, John C. S. Lui 
22 Jun 2015
70 Citations
In this work, we propose a novel methodology which uses the layout resources within an app to detect apps which are "visually similar", a common characteristic in repackaged apps and phishing malware.
This method could be very effective to hide some information in some executable file.
This makes it possible to identify repackaged apps.
The results show that AppIntent can effectively help separate the apps that truly leak user privacy from those that do not.
from a deployment of AppIS on several kinds of popular apps demonstrate that the new design can prevent our apps from cumulative attack without extra performance cost.
Proceedings ArticleDOI
14 Apr 2015
29 Citations
Our evaluation shows that AppCage can successfully detect and block attempts to leak private information by third-party apps, and the performance overhead caused by AppCage is negligible for apps without native libraries and minor for apps with them.