Roving bugnet: Distributed surveillance threat and mitigation

Computers and Security

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 592-602

  Farley, Ryan ^a   Wang, Xinyuan ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti spyware; Bot; Botnet; Mac OS X; Microphone hijack; Mobile devices; Roving bug; Spyware; Surveillance; Win XP

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SPYWARES; BOT; BOTNET; MAC OS X; ROVING BUG; SPY-WARE; SURVEILLANCE; WIN XP;

CAMERAS; INTRUSION DETECTION; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MONITORING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

MICROPHONES;

EID: 77955716041     PISSN: 01674048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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