DocumentCode
237409
Title
Improve User´s Security Literacy by Experiencing Behavior of Pseudo Android Malware
Author
Kato, Masaaki ; Matsuura, Saeko
Author_Institution
Grad. Sch. of Eng. & Sci., Shibaura Inst. of Technol., Saitama, Japan
fYear
2014
fDate
21-25 July 2014
Firstpage
602
Lastpage
603
Abstract
Recent years, Android malware which execute malicious attacks within the scope of permissions which was approved by user is increasing. Generally it is installed by user. Therefore user can avoid being infected with obvious malware by checking permissions which application requires. However many users install applications without checking permissions and get infected. Such Android malware have various kinds of threats, so user need to protect his assets by himself. In this paper we propose an educational method to improve user´s security literacy by having experience of pseudo malware´s behavior and recognize threats, risks, assets and relations between permissions and adverse actions.
Keywords
Android (operating system); computer aided instruction; computer literacy; invasive software; user interfaces; educational method; malicious attacks; pseudo Android malware; user security literacy; Androids; Availability; Control systems; Humanoid robots; Malware; Smart phones; Android; education; malware; security;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 2014 IEEE 38th Annual
Conference_Location
Vasteras
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/COMPSAC.2014.92
Filename
6899269
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