We ran Bifocals on 864 popular Android 2.2 applications to identify the prevalence of WebView vulnerabilities. The dataset consists of the 100 most popular paid appli-cations, 764 most …

In this paper, we present a novel class of Android Web-View vulnerabilities (called Differential Context Vulnerabili-ties or DCVs) associated with web iframe/popup behaviors. To …

In this paper, we present the first large-scale empirical study of WebView abuse in Android apps. We analyze how app developers and third-party SDKs facilitate user tracking by configuring …

This distinction is important for developers to understand to ensure the security and privacy of Android apps. In practice, Android’s WebView provides developers with complete control and …

Abstract Many Android applications embed webpages via WebView components and execute JavaScript code within Android. Hybrid applications leverage dedicated APIs to load a …

Android’s WebView has been a common way for apps to display web content, but it entails security and privacy concerns, especially for third-party content. Custom Tabs (CTs) are a …

In Android, WebView is a view used to display the web pages in application. In Android, a WebView is a view that displays web pages, allowing you to integrate web content into your …