Abstract
The recent explosion in smartphone usage has not gone
unnoticed by malware authors. Indeed, malware authors
have increasingly focused their attention on mobile devices,
leading to a steep rise in mobile malware over the past couple
of years. This paper focuses particularly on mobile bot
variants that can be controlled remotely by an attacker.
The paper begins with a comparison between mobile
and PC botnets, discussing fundamental, conceptual and
implementational differences between them. Next, some
precursors to fully functional mobile bots are discussed,
along with some proof-of-concept mobile botnets that have
been published for research purposes.
more here................https://www.virusbtn.com/pdf/magazine/2015/vb201503-mobile-botnets.pdf
The recent explosion in smartphone usage has not gone
unnoticed by malware authors. Indeed, malware authors
have increasingly focused their attention on mobile devices,
leading to a steep rise in mobile malware over the past couple
of years. This paper focuses particularly on mobile bot
variants that can be controlled remotely by an attacker.
The paper begins with a comparison between mobile
and PC botnets, discussing fundamental, conceptual and
implementational differences between them. Next, some
precursors to fully functional mobile bots are discussed,
along with some proof-of-concept mobile botnets that have
been published for research purposes.
more here................https://www.virusbtn.com/pdf/magazine/2015/vb201503-mobile-botnets.pdf