# Android Malware Samples (Currently: 307 samples)

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1. Largest open collection of Android malware samples
2. Live samples - use them at your peril
3. Collected from several sources/mailing lists
4. Contributions are welcome - please create a new directory for every sample type, add a README file, and samples in that directory

## 📖 Citation

Cited in

1. [Recent Advances in Soft Computing and Data Mining, May 2022](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Recent_Advances_in_Soft_Computing_and_Da/BBZuEAAAQBAJ)
1. [Intelligent Mobile Malware Detection, 2022](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Intelligent_Mobile_Malware_Detection/kw-fEAAAQBAJ)
1. [Applied Cryptography and Network Security Workshops, Oct 2020](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Applied_Cryptography_and_Network_Securit/Oe4CEAAAQBAJ)
1. [Secure IT Systems, Nov 2018](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Secure_IT_Systems/-vd6DwAAQBAJ)
1. [Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime, Sep 2018](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Digital_Forensics_and_Cyber_Crime/2dmBDwAAQBAJ)
1. [Advanced Data Mining and Applications, 2017](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Advanced_Data_Mining_and_Applications/ctSBDwAAQBAJ)

```bibtex
@misc{
  author = {Ashish Bhatia - ashishb.net},
  title = {Largest collection of Android Malware},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {GitHub},
  journal = {GitHub repository},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ashishb/android-malware}}
}
```

This repository has been cited in [50+ papers](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_sdt=0,5&q=github.com/ashishb/android-malware&hl=en)