Introduction

Due to the large success of Android and an increasing number of installations worldwide

(nearly 75% in Europe) there is also an increasing number of threats based on Malware and Spyware.

One example for such a Spyware is the Remote Administration Tool (RAT) "Dendroid"

which was identified in March 2014.

This software was embedded into a normal App and was offered inside the Googe Play Store.

After installation of Dendroid the program was able to take over the control about Camera, Microphone and so on.

In order to prevent such a misuse for Maxwell phones it's the goal of this document to

provide a guideline for information security procedures. According to this the document defines

the most important measures for Android hardening.