Chapter 3: Cyber security in mobile social networks

Fadi Al-Turjman1, and Ramiz Salama2     1Research Center for AI and IoT, Near East University, Nicosia, Mersin, Turkey     2Computer Engineering Department, Research Center for AI and IoT, Near East University, Nicosia, Mersin, Turkey

Abstract

Smartphones are becoming a vehicle to provide an efficient and convenient way to access, find, and share information; however, the availability of this information has caused an increase in cyber attacks. Currently, cyber threats range from Trojans and viruses to botnets and toolkits. Presently, 96% of smartphones do not have preinstalled security software. This lack in security is an opportunity for malicious cyber attackers to hack into the various devices ...

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