SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROWDSOURCING OF MOBILE APPLICATION REPUTATIONS

摘要

A system and method in one embodiment includes modules for obtaining a collection of attributes of a mobile application, comparing one or more of the attributes with crowdsourced data associated with other mobile applications to determine one or more trustworthiness indicators, and calculating a reputation score based on the one or more trustworthiness indicators. More specific embodiments include a collection of attributes comprising a manifest, and an application behavior. Other embodiments include determining a suitable action based on the reputation score, such as changing a configuration of the mobile application, deleting the mobile application from a mobile device, generating a security alert on a display of the mobile device, etc.