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CIS 502 Week 7 Case Study 3 – Strayer New
Case Study 3: Mobile Devices Security
Due Week 7 and worth 100 points
The use of mobile devices is prevalent and growing rapidly as users heavily depend on them. Unfortunately, attackers follow the money and user population. In addition, mobile devices do not receive patches for their vulnerabilities. The Zeus-in-the- Mobile( 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 / 140- 1 / 140sp / 140sp1648. pdf. In addition, read the report titled,“ Emerging Cyber Threats 2012”, located at
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CIS 502 Week 7 Case Study 3 – Strayer New
Case Study 3: Mobile Devices Security
Due Week 7 and worth 100 points
The use of mobile devices is prevalent and growing rapidly as users heavily depend on them. Unfortunately, attackers follow the money and user population. In addition, mobile devices do not receive patches for their vulnerabilities. The Zeus-in-the- Mobile( 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 / 140- 1 / 140sp / 140sp1648. pdf. In addition, read the report titled,“ Emerging Cyber Threats 2012”, located at