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privacy of users, these measures can be significant steps in preventing stealthy malware attacks like
IMUTA and maintain its reputation as a trusted provider of Android applications.

About the Author

Zia Muhammad is a Ph.D. scholar in the Department of Computer Science at
North Dakota State University. Zia can be reached online at
([email protected] and https://www.linkedin.com/in/zianoedar/)

Zahid Anwar is an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity in the NDSU Department
of Computer Science and a scholar of the Challey Institute for Global Innovation
and Growth. His research focuses on cybersecurity policy and innovative cyber
defense. He has authored more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed
conferences and journals. He is a CompTIA-certified penetration tester, security+
professional, and an AWS-certified cloud solutions architect. Prior to working in
academia, he worked as a software engineer and researcher at IBM T. J. Watson,
Intel, Motorola, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, xFlow
research, and CERN. Dr. Anwar received his Ph.D. in computer science from the
University of Illinois in 2008.

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