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Bypassing DRM protection in e-book applications on Android

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Abstract

Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies allow content owners to protect their rights from illegal use of the digital contents (e.g., duplicating electrical resources). DRM technologies have commonly been used in the electronically published books (e-books) industry. In this paper, we introduce a general framework that can bypass the DRM protection deployed on e-book applications on Android. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach, we applied our approach to three popular e-book DRM applications (Kyobo Book Center, Ridibooks e-book, Interpark e-book) and demonstrated that it is possible to circumvent their DRM protection solutions in a semi-automated way. Also, we recommend several practical ways to develop secure DRM implementations for e-book applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication32nd International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2018
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages194-198
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538622896
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Apr 2018
Event32nd International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2018 - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Duration: 10 Jan 201812 Jan 2018

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Information Networking
Volume2018-January
ISSN (Print)1976-7684

Conference

Conference32nd International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2018
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityChiang Mai
Period10/01/1812/01/18

Keywords

  • Android
  • DRM
  • E-book
  • EPUB
  • Reverse engineering

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