ISYS 326: Critical Analysis of Mobile and Wireless Security, 2018

This report provides a comprehensive overview of mobile and wireless security, highlighting the increasing reliance on these technologies and the associated security risks. It identifies key issues such as DOS and DDOS attacks, data breaches, traffic analysis, spoofing, and push/pull attacks. The report details the mechanisms of these attacks and their potential impact on users and organizations. Furthermore, it explores methods and techniques to improve mobile and wireless security, including encryption, cryptography, access control, memory randomization, and robust technologies. The report concludes with recommendations for users to enhance their security posture, such as using authentic websites, regularly updating software, and employing password-based systems. References to relevant research papers are included to support the analysis and recommendations.

Mobile and wireless
security

Introduction
Mobile and wireless technologies are used to
share data or information from one person to
another
Security of mobile device is defined as a
process to protect users data from malicious
and other attacks
The use of mobile and wireless networks is
increased by 40% in between year 2015 and
2017 (Liang, and Yu, 2015).

Introduction
The security of human private data is very
crucial point for an organization
The main aim of this presentation is to
highlights the security related issues and
problems of mobile and wireless systems
Due to lack of security consumers can face
the issue of data breach and they can lose
their data.

Mobile and wireless security issues
There are following kinds of security issues
and threats occur with mobile computing:
 DOS and DDOS attacks
 Data breach
 Traffic analysis
 Spoofing
 Push and pull attacks
 Captured and retransmitted messages

DOS and DDOS attacks
DOS is defined as a denial of service which is
a part of security threat
Hackers use botnet and flooding process to
block the computer networks of users
Generally, attackers produce large amount of
traffic signals and transfer on mobile
networks
Hackers send spam and fraud mails to users
and collects their private details like login ID
and passwords

Data Breach
It is a security issue which occurs in the
mobile and wireless devices
It includes personal health information,
private data, and personally identifiable
information
In which hackers first enter into mobile
networks and then control the private details
of individuals like bank details, credit and
debit cards numbers and OTP.

Traffic analysis
It is used to control and monitor the
communication system between mobile and
wireless networks.
Hackers identify the IP address and other personal
details by using flooding process
It has capability to reduce the performance of
mobile computing (Wu, et al., 2016).

Methods and techniques to improve the
security of mobile and wireless
Information technology has developed many
steps and techniques to reduce the security
related issues:
 Encryption method
 Cryptography
 Control access
 Memory randomization
 Robust technology (Sicari, et al., 2015).

Recommendation
It is recommended that the issues of mobile
and wireless systems can be avoided by
encryption and firewall technologies
Users ensure that they use only authentic
websites and application (Zou, et al., 2016).
They should update mobile software on
regular basis and use password based
systems.

References
Liang, C. and Yu, F.R., (2015) Wireless network virtualization:
A survey, some research issues and challenges. IEEE
Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 17(1), pp.358-380.
Sicari, S., Rizzardi, A., Grieco, L.A. and Coen-Porisini, A.,
(2015) Security, privacy and trust in Internet of Things: The
road ahead. Computer networks, 76(5), pp.146-164.
Zou, Y., Zhu, J., Wang, X. and Hanzo, L., (2016) A survey on
wireless security: Technical challenges, recent advances, and
future trends. Proceedings of the IEEE, 12(2), pp.1-39.
Wu, J., Ota, K., Dong, M. and Li, C., (2016) A Hierarchical
Security Framework for Defending Against Sophisticated
Attacks on Wireless Sensor Networks in Smart Cities. IEEE
Access, 4(4), pp.416-424.