A Survey on Mobile Security Issues

Abstract

In today`s world of advanced science the world is changing, so is our technology. Smart- phones have become crucial part of day to day life. The increased use of smart-phones has given rise to ways we could never think like easy accessibility to net, work or personal information. But with it comes to the risk of security issues like compromised privacy or unauthorized accesses to mobile phones etc, to name some the unique structure makes easy target for malware developers and Hackers. Android for example has a very few restrictions so there is very less security system for end users. So the first target should be to eliminate these security breaches and give users the smooth experience without worrying about these problems. The paper addresses the problems faced with mobile security and how to overcome them. The paper also presents a brief description about what kind of operating system is much more at risk of these attacks and, which is more prone to security breach. It also consists of what fields still need to be researched on as to move forward in better direction. Furthermore, it explains the working of wireless systems and the attacks on it by hackers and how can that be prevented. Lastly it also illustrates about the attacks by hackers, types of attacks done on mobile phones and other related wireless systems and how to prevent them, and what users can do to prevent themselves by these attacks.

Keywords: Mobile, Security, Privacy, Wireless, Android, IOS, Smart phones