Android Malware Scanners Are Flagging Legitimate Apps and Missing Threats Without Context

Android malware scanners are increasingly misaligning with real-world risk by over-flagging legitimate, high-permission applications while quietly missing sophisticated threats that hide behind ordinary-looking code patterns. This growing detection gap stems from a heavy industry reliance on surface-level static signals rather than behavior and execution context, producing noisy detections that erode trust among users and security analysts alike. Traditional Android malware detectors judge applications by static signals such as requested permissions, sensitive API calls, and call-graph features. However, these signals only approximate what an app actually does. Feature-rich benign software, such as backup managers, parental...

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