Types of Mobile Security Threats

2021 ◽  
pp. 105-132
Author(s):  
Kutub Thakur ◽  
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Security ◽  
Security Threats

Mobile Security Threats in Internet-of-Things Ecosystem

2021 ◽  
pp. 133-138
Author(s):  
Kutub Thakur ◽  
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Mobile Security ◽  
Security Threats

Mobile Phone Usage Patterns, Security Concerns, and Security Practices of Digital Generation

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-39
Author(s):  
Sonya Zhang ◽  
Saree Costa
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Security ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Security Practices ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Security Concerns ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
The Impact

As the digital generations have grown up with high-tech gadgets and become avid users of mobile phones and apps, they are also exposed to increasing mobile security threats and vulnerability. In this paper the authors discuss the impact of recent mobile technology advancements on mobile threat environment and mobile security practices. They also conducted a survey to 262 college students to examine their mobile phone usage patterns, security concerns and practices. The results show that students use their mobile phone frequently for various productivity and entertainment purposes. They are generally aware of and concerned about mobile security, not only on losing the phone physically but also on data theft, web threat, and mobile malware. Students also practice security to some extend - most change PIN and passwords regularly, download their apps mostly from official app stores, and generally keep their OS and apps up-to-date. The authors also found significant correlations between mobile security practices and personal attributes, including major, gender, and technology aptitude.

scholarly journals Mobile Security Threats: A Survey on Protection and Mitigation Strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-135
Author(s):  
Teodor Mitrea ◽  
Monica Borda
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Mobile Security ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Natural Consequence ◽  
Topical Issue ◽  
Security Breaches ◽  
Security Industry ◽  
Mobile Malware

AbstractThe spectacular growth in the use of mobile devices is a natural consequence of the benefits they offer. However, most mobile users grant little importance to the security of information stored, processed and transmitted. Even more, the last two years can be considered years of reference for the mobile security industry - ranging from virulent mobile ransomware attacks to mobile IoT botnets and mobile security breaches through mobile malware, that have redefined security paradigms. It is clear that we are at a point of inflection and transition to another generation of cyber attacks and the tendency is that attacks on mobile devices will expand. The security of mobile devices is a topical issue and the main objective is to educate the user to know the risks to which he/she is exposed to and to offer him/her viable security solutions in order to protect himself/herself against mobile threats. In this article we are going to present some protection and mitigation strategies with recommendations for improvement.

scholarly journals Mobile Security: Threats and Best Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Paweł Weichbroth ◽  
Łukasz Łysik
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
Mobile Security ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Future Work

Communicating mobile security threats and best practices has become a central objective due to the ongoing discovery of new vulnerabilities of mobile devices. To cope with this overarching issue, the goal of this paper is to identify and analyze existing threats and best practices in the domain of mobile security. To this extent, we conducted a literature review based on a set of keywords. The obtained results concern recognizable threats and established best practices in the domain of mobile security. Afterwards, this outcome was put forward for consideration by mobile application users (n = 167) via a survey instrument. To this end, the results show high awareness of the threats and their countermeasures in the domain of mobile applications. While recognizing the risks associated with physical and social factors, the majority of respondents declared the use of built-in methods to mitigate the negative impact of malicious software and social-engineering scams. The study results contribute to the theory on mobile security through the identification and exploration of a variety of issues, regarding both threats and best practices. Besides this, this bulk of up-to-date knowledge has practical value which reflects in its applicability at both the individual and enterprise level. Moreover, at this point, we argue that understanding the factors affecting users’ intentions and motivations to accept and use particular technologies is crucial to leverage the security of mobile applications. Therefore, future work will cover identifying and modeling users’ perceptions of the security and usability of mobile applications.

Application of Fractal Methods to Ensure the Cyber-Resilience of Self-Organizing Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-341
Author(s):  
D. V. Ivanov ◽  
D. A. Moskvin
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Self Organizing Networks ◽  
Self Organizing ◽  
Fractal Methods

In the article the approach and methods of ensuring the security of VANET-networks based on automated counteraction to information security threats through self-regulation of the network structure using the theory of fractal graphs is provided.

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