VirtuAndroid
Application-layer virtualization for Android apps
VirtuAndroid builds a fully open-source application-layer virtualization framework for the Android OS, designed to guarantee the main security and privacy principles. Unlike existing solutions, which break the Android permission and sandbox models, this framework provides per-app isolation, a permission system, and robust storage isolation within the virtual environment. It supports recent and upcoming Android versions through modular interception layers and offers hooking capabilities at both the Java and native levels, enabling advanced analysis, instrumentation, and security experimentation within a controlled environment.
Run by Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento di Matematica "Tullio Levi-Civita"
This project was funded through the NGI Mobifree Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology. The NGI Mobifree R&D programme is part of Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101135795.
