Research Article

PICAndro: Packet InspeCtion-Based Android Malware Detection

Table 4

Comparative analysis of 2-class and 5-class classification by PICAndro using flow-based and session-based network granularity.

Classification typeNetwork granularityImage sizePrecisionRecallF-measureAccuracy

2 classFlow20 × 2098.9796.5997.7699.12
25 × 2596.4994.9595.7198.29
28 × 2898.5497.0097.7699.10
30 × 3098.3396.8597.5899.04
Session20 × 2098.4196.7597.5799.09
25 × 2595.8094.2094.9998.10
28 × 2894.4993.6294.0597.79
30 × 3095.5495.6495.5998.33

5 classFlow20 × 2098.5198.4698.4998.91
25 × 2597.0796.7496.8897.74
28 × 2897.6197.5897.5998.28
30 × 3097.9997.8697.9298.43
Session20 × 2098.1797.9498.0598.56
25 × 2597.1497.0797.1098.01
28 × 2897.3697.1997.2798.09
30 × 3097.4597.2197.3398.15

Bold value highlights best performance results.