TITLE:
Mobile Phishing Attacks and Mitigation Techniques
AUTHORS:
Hossain Shahriar, Tulin Klintic, Victor Clincy
KEYWORDS:
Mobile Application, Phishing, Smishing, Vishing
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Information Security,
Vol.6 No.3,
June
30,
2015
ABSTRACT: Mobile devices have taken an essential role in the portable computer
world. Portability, small screen size, and lower cost of production make these
devices popular replacements for desktop and laptop computers for many daily
tasks, such as surfing on the Internet, playing games, and shopping online. The
popularity of mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones has made them a
frequent target of traditional web-based attacks, especially phishing. Mobile
device-based phishing takes its share of the pie to trick users into entering
their credentials in fake websites or fake mobile applications. This paper
discusses various phishing attacks using mobile devices followed by some
discussion on countermeasures. The discussion is intended to bring more awareness
to emerging mobile device-based phishing attacks.