Delving into Dalvik: A Look Into DEX Files

Written by: Aseel Kayal During the analysis of a banking trojan sample targeting Android smartphones, Mandiant identified the repeated use of a string obfuscation mechanism throughout the application code. To fully analyze and understand the application's functionality, one possibility is to manually decode the strings in each obfuscated method encountered, which can be a time-consuming and repetitive process. Another possibility is to use paid tools such as JEB decompiler that allow quick ident