Paper Info
Title
Rootkits on smart phones: attacks, implications and opportunities
Abstract
Smart phones are increasingly being equipped with operating systems that compare in complexity with those on desktop computers. This trend makes smart phone operating systems vulnerable to many of the same threats as desktop operating systems. In this paper, we focus on the threat posed by smart phone rootkits. Rootkits are malware that stealthily modify operating system code and data to achieve malicious goals, and have long been a problem for desktops. We use three example rootkits to show that smart phones are just as vulnerable to rootkits as desktop operating systems. However, the ubiquity of smart phones and the unique interfaces that they expose, such as voice, GPS and battery, make the social consequences of rootkits particularly devastating. We conclude the paper by identifying the challenges that need to be addressed to effectively detect rootkits on smart phones.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1734583.1734596
HotMobile
Keywords
Field
DocType
smart phone operating system,smart phone rootkits,unique interface,system code,malicious goal,desktop computer,social consequence,smart phone,example rootkits,desktop operating system,rootkits,operating system
Computer science,Computer security,Rootkit,Global Positioning System,Smart phone,Malware
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
44
2.92
11
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jeffrey Bickford1746.10
Ryan O'Hare2442.92
Arati Baliga327516.48
Vinod Ganapathy471342.69
Liviu Iftode52112148.14