MOBILE MALWARE

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Mobile Phones

luonut Eildon Fife

Information Security Threats and Solutions

luonut Motlohi Ramakatsa

Reverse Engineering

luonut CAITLYN KNIGHTS

Clasification of Applications

luonut Micaela Lopez

MOBILE MALWARE

MALWARE IN COMPUTER DEVICES

TROJAN HORSE

INTO SEEMINGLY ATTRACTIVE AND NON-MALICIOUS EXECUTABLE FILES OR APPS THAT ARE DOWNLOADED INTO THE DEVICE AND EXECUTED BY THE USER

WORM

MAY BE TRASMITTED VIA TEXT MESSAGES (SMS OR MMS) AND TYPICALLY DOES NOT REQUIRE THE USER'S INTERACTION FOR EXECUTION

SPYWARE

MONITORS THE SYSTEM AND SYNCHRONISES WITH CALENDARS, EMAIL ACCOUNTS, NOTES AND ANY OTHER SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO SEND DATA TO A MALICIOUS SERVER

THAT OF CAUSING THE COLLAPSE OF THE SYSTEM OR STEALPERSONAL INFORMATION STORED ON THE SAME DEVICES

MOBILE SPECIFIC MALWARE

EXPANDER

TARGETS MOBILE METERS FOR ADDITIONAL PHONE BILLING AND PROFITS IN A WAY THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE ONES USED BY DIALLERS WITH COMPUTERS

GHOST PUSH

INFECTS THE ANDROID O/S BY AUTOMATICALLY GAINING ROOT ACCESS. IT HOGS ALL SYSTEM RESOURCES MAKING IT UNRESPONSIVE AND DRAINS THE BATTERY

BLUETOOTH HACKING

BLUEJACKING

A HACKER SEARCHES FOR DISCOVERABLE DEVICES IN THE AREA AND THEN SENDS SPAM IN THE FORM OF TEXT MESSAGES TO THE DEVICE

BLUEBUGGING

AN ATTACK TO GAIN TOTAL ACCESS AND CONTROL OF A DEVICE. THE HACKER CAN ACCESS ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE SMARTPHONE, INCLUDING PHOTOS, APPS, CONTACTS

BLUESNARFING

HACKERS CAN PURCHASE SOFTWARE TO ALLOW THEM TO REQUEST INFORMATION FROM USER'S DEVICES

MALICIOUS SOFTWARE DESIGNED TO TARGET MOBILE DEVICE SYSTEMS (SMARTPHONE, TABLET OR PDA)