VirusTotal, the online virus detection engine owned by Google, today announced the addition of a new technologys sandbox for Android called Droidy.
The new feature, already on the site, offers a simulated Android operating system environment designed to analyze the behavior of Android applications for users and security researchers.
Behavioral analyzes included in each report will help security researchers confirm malicious applications.
VirusTotal reports that Droidy is an improvement on the original sandbox environment for Android, which was first developed in 2013, a year after its purchase servicefrom Google.
The new Sandbox Droidy will be able to provide additional information about malware activities in:
Communication networks and activities related to SMS
Java reflection calls
System interactions files
Using the SQLite database
When they start and when services stop
Rights
Registered receivers
Crypto activities
To use Droidy sandbox, you need to look it on the Behavior tab of the VirusTotal page and select it from a drop-down list in the menu. At the moment, there are three available options for analyzing malware in Android: VirusTotal Sandbox, VirusTotal Droidy and Tencent HABO.
