Exploring an open WiFi detection vulnerability as a malware attack vector on iOS devices

Proceedings of the 2012 7th International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software, Malware 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 87-93

  Spaulding, John ^a   Krauss, Alyssa ^a   Srinivasan, Avinash ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE PORTALS; INTERNET CONNECTION; INTERNET CONNECTIVITY; IOS DEVICES; MAC OS X; MALWARE ATTACKS; MODERN APPLICATIONS; USER INPUT; WI FI NETWORKS;

COMPUTER CRIME; FRUITS; INTERNET;

WI-FI;

EID: 84874562066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MALWARE.2012.6461013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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