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A survey of emerging threats in cybersecurity

Abstract: 
This Journal of Computer and System Science article talks very generally about cybersecurity, but for my paper I focused on the issues discussing smartphones. The article lists the benefits of smartphone and why many to choose smartphones over other electronic devices. It then lists different types of cyber attacks possible in the smartphone domain and ways malware propagation is prevented. Even though the section on smartphones is brief, the article does a great job setting up in what ways smartphones are different from PC hardware, software and security-wise. It will really help me explain why cybersecurity in smartphones is a separate issue from cybersecurity in other Internet accessible devices such as a PC.
Author: 
Julian Jang-Jaccard, Surya Nepal
Institution: 
CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia
Year: 
2014
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Industry Focus: 
Internet & Cyberspace
Datatype(s): 
Case Studies
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