• 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