DeepLinks can be spyware friends: Analyzing the dangerous role of deep links

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Presented at TyphoonCon 2022 by

Rahul Kankrale

App developers set up android deep links to navigate users in the app’s specific part or feature in order to create sophisticated campaigns while providing a better user experience. Deep links can be triggered from any website (web browser) or other applications, thus potentially increasing the app attack surface and causing unauthorized execution of app components.