From Botnets to MobiBots: A Novel Malicious Communication Paradigm for Mobile Botnets Academic Article

abstract

• 2015 IEEE. Cyber security is moving from traditional infrastructure to sophisticated mobile infrastructureless threats. A major concern is that such imminent transition is happening at a rate far exceeding the evolution of security solutions. In fact, the transformation of mobile devices into highly capable computing platforms makes the possibility of security attacks originating from within the mobile network a reality. Today, mobile devices are capable of initiating sophisticated cyberattacks, especially when they coordinate together to form what we call a MobiBot. MobiBots differ from classical botnets in that they exploit mobile operating system vulnerabilities and the advantages of device-to-device communication to mask malicious code propagation.

authors

• Alnuweiri, Hussein

published proceedings

• IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE

author list (cited authors)

• Mtibaa, A., Harras, K. A., & Alnuweiri, H.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Mtibaa, Abderrahmen||Harras, Khaled A||Alnuweiri, Hussein

publication date

• August 2015

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Communications Magazine  Journal

keywords

• 46 Information And Computing Sciences
• 4604 Cybersecurity And Privacy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/MCOM.2015.7180509

start page

• 61

end page

• 67

volume

• 53

issue

• 8

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1109%2Fmcom.2015.7180509