1. Mobile viruses and security
-Priyanka Rathod
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2. What is the common communication
medium among us?????????
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3. A cell phone
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4. MOBILE VIRUSES AND SECURITY
Cell phone viruses and security.
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5.  The technology of cell phones.
 Viruses
 How cell phone viruses work.
 Difference with pc virus.
 Different types of cell phone viruses.
 Threats.
 Security issue.
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6. (.)Analog network.
(.)Digital network.
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7.  Today all provider has switched to
digital network and only a few of them
are still running analog network.
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8.  FDMA(Frequency division multiple
access).
 CDMA(Code-division multiple access.
 TDMA(Time division multiple access).
 GSM(Global system for mobile
communication).
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9.  Cell phone virus are electronic
programs that attacks the cell phones
PDA (personal digital assistant)
devices and malfunction s/w that are
running cell phones.
How they spread?
 Internet download.
 Bluetooth wireless connection.
 Multimedia messaging service.
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10.  Unnecessary call/sms/mms.
 Send private information.
 Cause phone to work slowly.
 Wipe out contact book and other
information.
 Installs “false” application
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11.  Although similar oses are being used
differences exits:
 Lesser user of cell phones are “tech
literate”
 Implies that it is difficult to “rollout
security patches” to phones already sold.
 Cell phones are always connected and
“switched on”
 “Environment” keeps changing
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12.  On
positive side:
A malware for 1 type of phone may
not necessarily be able to infect
other.
Cellphone malware not yet causing
severe harm:
 At most they increases users billing
 Cause the cell phone to stop
working
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13.  Timifonica
 Cabir
 Commwarrior
 Comwar
 Duts
 Skulls
 Lasco.a
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14.  Firstcell phone worm.
 Spread vector-Bluetooth.
• Infected file-cabre.sis
 15 new variants exits.
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15.  Location tracking
 Camera and microphone bug
 Leaking sensitive information
 Attack on cell phone service provider.
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16. The generic security issues…
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17.  The best way to protect phones from
cell viruses is the same way you
protect your PCs from computer
viruses.
 Never open anything if you don’t
know what it is…..
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18.  Turnoff Bluetooth discoverable mode
 Keep your cell phone in hidden mode.
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19.  WWW.GOOGLE.COM
 WWW.WEKIPEDIA.COM
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