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the money and user population. In addition, mobile devices do
not receive patches for their vulnerabilities. The Zeus-in-theMobile (ZitMo) attack against Android users is an example
defeating the emerging technology to steal user’s credentials and
ultimately money. Mobile devices can also spread malware.
Read the article titled, “Mobile device attacks surge”, located at
http://www.treasuryandrisk.com/2011/02/08/pr-mobile-deviceattacks-surge, and FIPS 140-2 Security Policy, located at
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/1401/140sp/140sp1648.pdf. In addition, read the report titled,
“Emerging Cyber Threats 2012”, located at
http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/doc/emerging_cyber_threats_report
2012.pdf.
Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the emerging cybersecurity issues and
vulnerabilities presented in the “Emerging Cyber Threats 2012”
report.
2. Analyze vulnerabilities of mobile devices in regard to
usability and scale based on your research and suggest methods
to mitigate the vulnerabilities of mobile devices.

3. Assess and describe the value of cryptography and encryption
in regard to Equifax’s approach to implementing stronger
security policies around mobile devices.
4. Justify Gunter Ollmann’s comments about Zeus-in-theMobile (ZitMo) and describe the implications of advanced
security breaches such as this.