Wireless malware propagation: A reality check

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 70-74

  Zanero, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attack trends; Attackers; Bluetooth; Malware; Wi Fi

Indexed keywords

ATTACK TRENDS; ATTACKERS; MALWARE; MALWARE PROPAGATION; MALWARES; SECURITY ATTACKS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER CRIME; NETWORK SECURITY; RISK PERCEPTION; WI-FI; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BLUETOOTH;

EID: 70350136704     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2009.142     Document Type: Article

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