[Disclaimer: The goal of this article is to bring academic insights to Magisk’s functionalities and how Magisk evades root detection. The insights shared are purely for learning purposes. The author and CSG does not condone, encourage, nor intend for the lessons described below to be used for any purposes other than cybersecurity research.]

Introduction

While rooting and root detection methods for Android devices have been around for more than a decade, Magisk software continues to be extremely resistant to root detection methods. Today, there are no known methods on how to detect rooting by Magisk. …