Mobile application security: Malware threats and defenses

IEEE Wireless Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 138-144

  He, Daojing ^a   Chan, Sammy ^b   Guizani, Mohsen ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; MOBILE SECURITY; PERSONAL COMPUTING; SMARTPHONES;

APP STORES; MALICIOUS BEHAVIOR; MOBILE APPLICATION SECURITIES; QUANTUM LEAPS; SECURITY ATTACKS; VARIOUS ATTACKS;

MALWARE;

EID: 84924860324     PISSN: 15361284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2015.7054729     Document Type: Article

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