Mobile Computing

Overview: Follow the below links for additional resources on Mobile Computing Crimes. These resources are available both on Futurecrimes.com as well as on select external sites. The following links provide an excellent resource guide and foundation on the latest Future Crimes trends.

Latest Articles on Mobile Computing

• Dealing Crack? There’s an app for that too!
• Spoofing Life: Reality Altering Technology Enables Crime
• Mobile Phone Botnets: Is Your Refrigerator Next?
• When Flash Mobs Become Crime Mobs
• Mobile Phones: A Crime Superhighway Into Your Life

External Resources:

• Documents
  • Do-It-Yourself Guide to Cell Phone Malware by William R. Mahoney and Craig A. Pokorny, published by IJCSNS International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security.
  • Mobile Malware: Threats and Prevention by Zhu Cheng of McAfee.
  • Mobile phones: the next frontier for hackers? published by the IEEE.
  • SmartSiren: Virus Detection and Alert for Smartphones by Jerry Cheng , Starsky H.Y. Wong , Hao Yang, and Songwu Lu of the UCLA Department of Computer Science.
  • Windows Mobile-Based Devices and Security: Protecting Sensitive Business Information published by Microsoft.
  • Mobile Phone Malware by William Enck and Prof. Patrick McDaniel.
• Newslinks
  • Phone hacking was rife at News of the World, claims new witness by Nick Davies, New York Times.
  • Malicious Software Turns Your Cell Phone Against You by Eric Bland, Discovery News.
  • Insight on Mobile Phone Viruses & Other Malware from Tech Guru.
  • Mobile malware: You will be billed $90,000 for this call by Darlene Storm, Computer World.
  • Dark Side Arises for Phone Apps by Spencer E. Ante, Wall Street Journal.
  • Modern Cellphones Share your Location Information from Tech Guru.
  • Cell phone spying: James Bond cool or cyberstalking tool? by Darlene Storm, Computer World.
  • Targets of Spying Get Smart by M. P. McQueen, Wall Street Journal.
• Organizations
• Educational
  • Malicious Code Moves to Mobile Devices by Neal Leavitt.
  • Handheld hazards: The rise of malware on mobile devices by Steven Furnell.
• Law Enforcement
  • Guidelines on Cell Phone Forensics by Wayne Jansen and Rick Ayers.
• Miscellaneous