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https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.16930
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
2013-05
72 pages
eng
Romo, James Tyler
Rezende, Bryan
Whitaker, Jeremy
Ahn, Gail-Joon
Wilkerson, Kelly
Conquest, Kevin
Barrett, The Honors College
Computer Science and Engineering Program
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Over the past several years, the three major mobile platforms have seen<br/>tremendous growth and success; as a result, the platforms have been the target<br/>of many malicious attacks. These attacks often request certain permissions in<br/>order to carry out the malicious activities, and uninformed users usually grant<br/>them. One prevalent example of this type of malware is one that requests<br/>permission to the device’s SMS service, and once obtained, uses the SMS <br/>service to accrue charges to the user. This type of attack is one of the most<br/>prevalent on the Android application marketplace, and requires a long-term<br/>solution. Replication of an attack is necessary to fully understand efficient<br/>prevention methods, and due to the open-source nature of Android development,<br/>to determine the likely mechanics of the attack as feasible.<br/>This study uses the Hacker News application, an open source application<br/>that is available for download through GitHub as a basis for creating a malware<br/>application to study the SMS attack and explore prevention methods. From the<br/>results and knowledge gained from both research and experimentation, a<br/>proposition for a more secure operating system architecture was defined to<br/>prevent and mitigate various attacks on mobile systems with a focus on SMS<br/>attacks.
Mobile Security
Smartphones
Malware
Perceived Confidentiality of Mobile Application Data