PROTECTION AGAINST INFORMATION LEAKAGE AND MALWARE WITH RISK FREE PUBLIC WIFI USAGE

K. Ananda, P. Ujwala, Himanshu Kemwal

Abstract: As the number of Android devices and Android users are increasing day by day, the risk of Android devices being attacked is also increasing. The attackers tries to gain some knowledge about the potential victims such as their IP address and MAC address and then uses those knowledge to access the victim’s data, deploy malwares, take backup of the user’s data or to modify the victim’s data. To avoid this we propose a way using which we can avoid information leakage and can detect malware. Using this, we can also use the free WiFi at public places and avail Bluetooth promotions offers without any fear of being attacked. For this we make use of HTTP packets and signatures for user authentication, to ensure that the data is received from authentic person.

Keywords: Android, Authentication, Free WIFi, HTTP packets, Information leakage, Malware.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2017.0604015