Detection of mobile malware in the wild

Computer

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Chandramohan, Mahinthan ^a   Tan, Hee Beng Kuan ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

mobile malware detection; mobile security; smartphone protection

Indexed keywords

MOBILE MALWARE; MOBILE SECURITY; SECURITY THREATS;

SMARTPHONES;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 84866674166     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.2012.36     Document Type: Article

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