Securing android-powered mobile devices using SELinux

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 36-44

  Shabtai, Asaf ^a   Fledel, Yuval ^a   Elovici, Yuval ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Access control; Android; Linux security modules; Mobile computing; Mobile devices; Security; SELinux

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; NETWORK SECURITY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; ROBOTS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

ANDROID; LINUX SECURITY MODULES; OPERATING SYSTEMS; SECURITY RISKS; SECURITY-ENHANCED LINUX; SOFTWARE STACKS;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77950673302     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2009.144     Document Type: Article

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