Abstract: Mobile technologies are everywhere these days from home to large enterprise corporate networks due to the portability and flexibility of use, user’s convenience, avoidance of wiring cost and constant mobility support. However, the greater availability of mobile phone and proliferation of its application means increased danger of attacks and increased challenges to all concerned users, manufacturers and mobile software developers, and IT security professionals. This paper discusses the various security issues and vulnerabilities related to the Mobile Technology with emphasis on Mobile Smartphone SMS and proffer encryption standard apps design as possible mitigating techniques/ measures against common threats/attacks. This also identified the some user’s attitude that subjects them to attacks. Finally, it provided an SMS app with overall guidelines and recommendation to users.The methodology used is survey of literature on related works as it relates to mobile SMS and artifact design of an encryption software application useful for securing mobile SMS messages in an android operating system. The research artifact was tested on android phone using two compatible phones engaged in sending and receiving of SMS messages using symmetric encryption “Advanced Encryption Standard) with earlier agreed secret keys between the sender and the receiver and the result showed a successful concealed SMS communication between the platforms that required decryption key to read.
Keywords: Mobile, Technologies, Applications, Vulnerabilities, Security, SMS, Mitigation.
Title: Mobile SMS Application Security: Problems, Prospects and Mitigating Techniques
Author: Chike David N., Prof. Gloria Chukwudebe A., Dr.Emma Ekwonwunne
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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