The Android platform has become one of the go-to choices for developers and device manufacturers in the last year. It has attracted the attention of attackers who have been busily coding up as much malware as they can for the platform. Now, defenders are getting some tools of their own to help address the problem, with the Android Reverse Engineering suite. The ARE toolset is implemented as a virtual machine, and it gives users a slew of individual tools that they can use to analyze and take apart pieces of Android malware on a desktop PC.
Source: https://threatpost.com/android-reverse-engineering-toolset-debuts-110111/75827/