Reverse Engineering Android Malware with JADX

When to Use

• A suspicious Android APK has been reported as malicious or flagged by mobile threat detection
• Analyzing Android banking trojans, spyware, SMS stealers, or adware samples
• Determining what data an app collects, where it sends it, and what permissions it abuses
• Extracting C2 server addresses, encryption keys, and configuration data from Android malware
• Understanding overlay attack mechanisms used by banking trojans

Do not use for analyzing obfuscated native (.so) libraries within APKs; use Ghidra or IDA for native ARM binary analysis.

Prerequisites