Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Information Security
Cyber Security And Mobile Threats: The Need For Antivirus Applications For Smart Phones, Jorja Wright, Maurice E. Dawson Jr., Marwan Omar
Cyber Security And Mobile Threats: The Need For Antivirus Applications For Smart Phones, Jorja Wright, Maurice E. Dawson Jr., Marwan Omar
Maurice Dawson
Smartphones are becoming a vehicle to provide an efficient and convenient way toaccess, find and share information; however, the availability of this information hascaused an increase in cyber attacks. Currently, cyber threats range from Trojans andviruses to botnets and toolkits. Presently, 96% of smartphones do not have pre-installedsecurity software. This lack in security is an opportunity for malicious cyber attackers to hackinto the various devices that are popular (i.e. Android, iPhone and Blackberry). Traditionalsecurity software found in personal computers (PCs), such as firewalls, antivirus, andencryption, is not currently available in smartphones. Moreover, smartphones are even morevulnerable than personal computers because …