Research Article

Dominant Feature Selection and Machine Learning-Based Hybrid Approach to Analyze Android Ransomware

Table 1

Comparison with existing studies.

ReferenceApproachMachine learning model usedFeature set usedAccuracy (%)

[2]StaticRandom forest, logistic regression, XGBoost, Naive Bayes, support vector machine (SVM), deep learning, and decision tree classifierIntent, permission, API calls, system commands, and malicious activities96.3
[3]DynamicNaive Bayes, SVM, and logistic regressionApplication programming interface (API)97
[4]HybridSVMPermission, API calls, system calls99.7
 Our proposed method (dynamic)J48, LMT, random forest, and random treeSystem calls, system components, system command, phone events, run-time permissions, and broadcast receivers99.85