Handsets Malware Threats and Facing Techniques

TL;DR

This paper examines the security challenges of mobile handset malware, reviews existing containment techniques, and proposes a new classification approach for malware containment systems based on their typologies.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of malware threats and introduces a novel grouping method for containment systems based on their characteristics.

Findings

Identification of key malware threats to mobile handsets

Analysis of existing containment techniques and their limitations

Proposal of a new typology-based classification for malware containment systems

Abstract

Nowadays, mobile handsets combine the functionality of mobile phones and PDAs. Unfortunately, mobile handsets development process has been driven by market demand, focusing on new features and neglecting security. So, it is imperative to study the existing challenges that facing the mobile handsets threat containment process, and the different techniques and methodologies that used to face those challenges and contain the mobile handsets malwares. This paper also presents a new approach to group the different malware containment systems according to their typologies.