Security of Mobile Phones: Prevention Methods for The Spread of Malware

The work presented in this paper describes the evolution impact of mobile devices operating system's features through its increasing use for internet navigation. And thus, the growing risks of getting contaminated by hostile programs, which exploit the vulnerabilities of these systems and spreading to a large scale via services such as Bluetooth and MMS. Following the description of methods of infection and spread of these devices via Bluetooth and MMS, both solutions of the industry and academia are exposed. In addition, a solution based on the use of online services provider telecom is proposed at the end in order to guarantee an optimal security for private and professional data to all mobile phone users with a complete scan against all malicious programs: viruses, spams, and DOS attacks. (Abstract)