Malware Detection in Ubiquitous Environments

Abstract

Today, almost every environment (e.g. airports, home, office, etc.) are populated with a high number of heterogeneous devices like smart-phones, sensors, laptops, tablets or hotspots. Taking advantage of the different communications capabilities that these devices have, researches have been studying how to make people collaborate in spontaneous or dynamic groups to sharing photos, discuss topics, among others. However, this plethora of devices sharing “something” opens the doors to new potential threats putting in risk important personal data or misuse of device resources. Therefore, these environments require new mechanisms able to ensure that devices are conducted safely, and that are able to detect and inform about any anomalies that might occur during an interaction.