# ashishb/android-malware

Collection of android malware samples

Repository: https://github.com/ashishb/android-malware
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-malware
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-12-31T06:45:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 60, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3779, "days_push": 245, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1222, forks 385 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:02.444359+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of over 300 live Android malware samples gathered from multiple sources and mailing lists. It serves as a research dataset for malware analysis and detection studies, cited in 50+ academic papers.

## Use cases
- download android malware samples for research
- build a machine learning malware detection model
- analyze android malware behavior in a sandbox
- train and benchmark mobile malware classifiers
- study android malware families and variants
- security research dataset for mobile threats

## When to choose
- you need real Android malware samples for detection research or ML training
- you want a large, community-maintained, academically cited sample collection

## When to avoid
- you need production security tooling rather than raw samples
- you cannot handle live malware safely in an isolated environment
- you need a licensed, formally maintained dataset (no license is provided)

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, data-science
- domain: security, android-tools, machine-learning, reverse-engineering
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: malware-samples, android-malware, security-research, malware-analysis, dataset, android

## Member repositories
- ashishb/android-malware (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.444359+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:15:36.940812+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ashishb/android-malware (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.444359+00:00, sha 2b7e611fbe10)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.