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Reassessing feature-based Android malware detection in a contemporary context

Ali Muzaffar ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ali.muzaffar@hw.ac.uk

Affiliation Heriot-Watt University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2560-8381

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Hani Ragab Hassen,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Heriot-Watt University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Hind Zantout,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Heriot-Watt University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Michael A. Lones

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Reassessing feature-based Android malware detection in a contemporary context

Ali Muzaffar,
Hani Ragab Hassen,
Hind Zantout,
Michael A. Lones

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Published: January 20, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341013

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