Mobile Security Products For Android

We have once again tested security products for smartphones running Google's Android operating system. Our report covers details of the products made by leading manufacturers. Smartphones represent the future of modern communications. In 2013, more than 1 billion smartphones were sold, a further milestone in the advance of these devices1. A study published by Facebook emphasises the importance of smartphones in our lives; about 80% of users make use of their smartphone within 15 minutes of waking up each day. At the same time, the traditional function of a telephone is becoming less and less important. The high quality of integrated cameras means that the smartphone is increasingly used for photography. As well as with photos, users trust their devices with their most personal communications, such as Facebook, WhatsApp and email. This brings some risks with it, as such usage makes the smartphone interesting for criminals, who attempt to infect the device with malware or steal personal data. There is also the danger brought by phishing attacks. These days, the use of security software on a PC or laptop is seen as essential. However, many smartphone users do not yet have the same sense of responsibility, even though their devices store personal data, private photos, Internet banking information or even company data. As modern smartphones are often expensive to buy, they are also an attractive target for thieves. Top-quality smartphones cost several hundred Euros. As it is not possible to physically prevent them from being stolen, they must be made less attractive to thieves. Consequently, many of today's security products contain not only malware protection, but also highly developed theft-protection functions, which make the device less attractive to thieves (e.g. by locking the device), and help the owner to find it again.

Provides information on how to protect mobile devices against online threats and describes how to back up and restore data and develop and implement a mobile security plan.

In the past these gadgets were principally used to call and send instant messages. Furthermore, all mobiles have in any event a capacity to keep a location book. There is another era of cell phones that accompany Internet access, inherent camcorders and the capacity to introduce extra programming. These advanced mobile phones can be exceptionally helpful and give you influential and valuable apparatuses. These telephones contain a great deal of private information and, lamentably, a telephone can be lost effectively. The accompanying part manages a few techniques to utilize them more secure. What You'll Get Inside: - Threats and its analysis - Consequence - Network based Attacks - Password cracking - Malicious Software's - Antivirus Systems - Paid or Free - Paid Antivirus systems for Android and iPhone - Free Antiviruses for Android and iPhones - Mobile Payment Security - Mobile Bank Security Take A Sneak Peak Inside: (5 page) "At the point when a cell phone is contaminated by an assailant, the aggressor can endeavor a few things: 1st, Mobile gadgets regularly don't have passwords empowered. Cell phones regularly need passwords to confirm clients and control access to information put away on the gadgets. Numerous gadgets have the specialized capacity to help passwords, individual distinguishing proof numbers (PIN), or example screen locks for verification. Some cell phones additionally incorporate a biometric peruser to output a unique finger impression for verification. Be that as it may, recounted data demonstrates that purchasers at times utilize these components. Moreover, if clients do utilize a secret key or PIN they frequently pick passwords or Pins that can be effortlessly decided or avoided, for example, 1234 or 0000. Without passwords or Pins to bolt the gadget, there is expanded hazard that stolen or lost telephones' data could be gotten to by unapproved clients who could see delicate data and abuse cell phones." "My Main Mission - To Give You Knowledge About Mobile Security." - Author

Mobile Security and Privacy: Advances, Challenges and Future Research Directions provides the first truly holistic view of leading edge mobile security research from Dr. Man Ho Au and Dr. Raymond Choo—leading researchers in mobile security. Mobile devices and apps have become part of everyday life in both developed and developing countries. As with most evolving technologies, mobile devices and mobile apps can be used for criminal exploitation. Along with the increased use of mobile devices and apps to access and store sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII) has come an increasing need for the community to have a better understanding of the associated security and privacy risks. Drawing upon the expertise of world-renowned researchers and experts, this volume comprehensively discusses a range of mobile security and privacy topics from research, applied, and international perspectives, while aligning technical security implementations with the most recent developments in government, legal, and international environments. The book does not focus on vendor-specific solutions, instead providing a complete presentation of forward-looking research in all areas of mobile security. The book will enable practitioners to learn about upcoming trends, scientists to share new directions in research, and government and industry decision-makers to prepare for major strategic decisions regarding implementation of mobile technology security and privacy. In addition to the state-of-the-art research advances, this book also discusses prospective future research topics and open challenges. Presents the most current and leading edge research on mobile security and privacy, featuring a panel of top experts in the field Provides a strategic and international overview of the security issues surrounding mobile technologies Covers key technical topics and provides readers with a complete understanding of the most current research findings along with future research directions and challenges Enables practitioners to learn about upcoming trends, scientists to share new directions in research, and government and industry decision-makers to prepare for major strategic decisions regarding the implementation of mobile technology security and privacy initiatives

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Computer Science - IT-Security, grade: 1,0, Technical University of Munich, course: Seminar Mobile Application Security, language: English, abstract: Smartphones are being used as the preferred device for as many things as possible in today's world. This is why having secure phones that are resilient against attacks targeting their users’ data, becomes more and more important. This paper tries to assess what measures device vendors have taken to ensure those attacks will not be successful. Because the market is mostly divided between Google’s Android and Apple's iOS, we put our focus on those two operating systems and compare their respective security models. Additionally this comparison will be evaluating how those models have changed over time since the beginning of the smartphone era around 2010. The last part of this analysis will take a look at a different view on smartphones, the perspective of so-called "power users": Those are people that do not only use their smartphone for downloading some apps and surfing the Internet but rather want to do some lower-level customization to the operating system, by rooting their Android device or jailbreaking their iPhone. This process of gaining full privileges on the phone not only creates advantages for the user but can also have rather negative implications on the device's security. How exactly does this affect the protections implemented by the vendor?

Smartphones have been widely accepted by mass market users and enterprise users. However, the threats related to Smartphones have emerged. Smartphones carry substantial amounts of sensitive data. There have been successful attacks in the wild on jail broken phones. Therefore, smartphones need to be treated like a computer and have to be secured from all types of attacks. There is proof of concept attacks on Apple iOS and Google Android. This project aims to analyze some of the attacks on Smartphones and find possible solutions in order to defend the attacks. Thereby, this project is based on a proof of concept malware for testing antivirus software.

Gain the information you need to design secure, useful, high-performing apps that expose end-users to as little risk as possible. This book shows you how to best design and develop Android apps with security in mind: explore concepts that you can use to secure apps and how you can use and incorporate these security features into your apps. What You Will Learn Identify data that should be secured Use the Android APIs to ensure confidentiality and integrity of data Build secure apps for the enterprise Implement Public Key Infrastructure and encryption APIs in apps Master owners, access control lists, and permissions to allow user control over app properties Manage authentication, transport layer encryption, and server-side security Who This Book Is For Experienced Android app developers.

Find the Android apps that are right for you so you can have fun and get more done! The popularity of Android apps is exploding and this handy guide helps you sort through the thousands of available applications so you can find the ones that are ideal for you. You'll explore a variety of apps in the areas of entertainment, finance, health, food, music, news, weather, photography, reference, dining out, social networking, sports, travel, and more. Author Daniel Begun helps you navigate through this enormous—and potentially overwhelming—array of Android apps. Holds your hand through the oftentimes overwhelming app selection and shares helpful advice for sorting through the tens of thousands of apps to find the ones that are right for you Helps you uncover which apps are worth the price and what's fabulous for free Provides advice on what apps work best for all your favorite hobbies – from movies to music, sports to social networking, fitness to fun games, and everything in between Amazing Android Apps For Dummies walks you through the process of finding, purchasing, and installing the most appealing apps for your needs.