Uma solução integrada para a melhoria da segurança de dispositivos móveis baseada na plataforma android

Abstract

Every day, mobile devices are already part of the lives of users, mainly to check emails, access social networks, make payments, access bank accounts or surf the Internet, and also by the need to be connected 24 hours a day. In addition, the number of viruses and attacks by malicious people to mobile devices grows every day, mainly due to behavioral actions of users who do not properly configure the mobile device, leaving it vulnerable. Actions such as to: do not put password on your home screen, do not encrypt the memory card, do not use an antivirus, do not download unofficial applications and others are examples of risky user configuration. Therefore, in order to support the user in the properly configuration of your mobile device, this work aims to propose a strategy to minimize security risks on mobile devices. This strategy is focused on the development of a solution called MSC Mobile Security Check, which aims to help the user in search of risky settings in the mobile device in security terms, and is based on 16 pre-configured items related to common misconfigurations. These 16 items were chosen based on scientific research, security articles and books related to security issues arising from risky configuration by the high-level user. This solution was implemented based on the Android operating system and is available on its associated virtual store. The evaluation of the proposed solution has shown that even with users with high level of security knowledge on mobile devices, it is common to find several configuration risks, and the proposed solution works directly for the presentation of these risks and subsequent notification to the high-level user. After that, the user is able to take corrective measures to reduce these security risks of the mobile device.