Designing Secure Android Apps Against Runtime Manipulation
An Android app may be perfectly secure during normal use and still behave very differently when someone controls the device it runs on. Attackers can inspect application packages, attach debugging tools, modify runtime values, hook selected functions, repackage APKs, or run apps inside environments designed for analysis. For applications handling payments, subscriptions, digital assets, identity, or confidential business logic, that can become a serious problem. This is why designing secure Android apps against runtime manipulation requires a different mindset from ...
