A case study in open source software security and privacy: Android adware

World Congress on Internet Security, WorldCIS-2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 189-191

  Erturk, Emre ^a  

^a EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Malware; Privacy Protection; Security for Mobile Computing; Wireless Privacy

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SITUATION; IT SECURITY; MALWARES; MARKET SHARE; MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PRIVACY PROTECTION; SECURITY AND PRIVACY;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER PRIVACY; INTERNET; ROBOTS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATIC ANALYSIS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 84867163696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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