Security Threats on Mobile Devices

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Author(s): Lukáš Aron (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 23
Source title: New Threats and Countermeasures in Digital Crime and Cyber Terrorism
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maurice Dawson (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)and Marwan Omar (Nawroz University, Iraq)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8345-7.ch003

Keywords: Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism / Digital Crime & Forensics / Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics

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Abstract

This chapter contains basic introduction into security models of modern operating system like Android, iOS or Windows Phone. There are described the methods of attacks to the mobile devices. Such attacks consist of application based threats and vulnerabilities, network based attacks and internet browser vulnerabilities. The following section contains description of defensive strategies and steps for securing the device. There is also section about securing mobile device for enterprise environment. At the end of this chapter are discussed recommendations for security practices for mobile devices.

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