NEMESYS: Enhanced Network Security for Seamless Service Provisioning in the Smart Mobile Ecosystem
This work addresses security issues for mobile network providers and users in the smart mobile ecosystem, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing concepts like honeypots and correlation with known attack patterns.
The NEMESYS project tackled the problem of rising mobile malware and botnets by developing novel security technologies, including a data collection infrastructure with virtualized mobile honeypots and a honeyclient, to gather and analyze cyber-attacks for early warning and better understanding of threats in the smart mobile ecosystem.
As a consequence of the growing popularity of smart mobile devices, mobile malware is clearly on the rise, with attackers targeting valuable user information and exploiting vulnerabilities of the mobile ecosystems. With the emergence of large-scale mobile botnets, smartphones can also be used to launch attacks on mobile networks. The NEMESYS project will develop novel security technologies for seamless service provisioning in the smart mobile ecosystem, and improve mobile network security through better understanding of the threat landscape. NEMESYS will gather and analyze information about the nature of cyber-attacks targeting mobile users and the mobile network so that appropriate counter-measures can be taken. We will develop a data collection infrastructure that incorporates virtualized mobile honeypots and a honeyclient, to gather, detect and provide early warning of mobile attacks and better understand the modus operandi of cyber-criminals that target mobile devices. By correlating the extracted information with the known patterns of attacks from wireline networks, we will reveal and identify trends in the way that cyber-criminals launch attacks against mobile devices.