A Study on Wireless: Overviews of Mobile Security and Privacy

Abstract: Background: Computer networks have become a very important and essential part of our daily life due to wireless Smartphone, it has become easy to communicate or share data through various technologies like wired or wireless. Generally there has been reliance on wireless technology due to various advantages like ease of installation, mobility, reconfiguration, low infrastructure cost, ability to storage, banking transactions, confidential data exchange etc., but Due to the wireless channel being in the air or open, one has to face more attacks like Phishing, Spyware, Botnet, Trojan, Worm, Spam, etc. In this paper, we will discuss different types of malware and also discuss the basic steps to avoid malware. Smartphone has become an important support in our daily life due to its wireless communication and seamless connectivity and being a small electronic device. Due to storage in Smartphone, we keep personal data and financial data. To ensure that no one misuses this data, we do research and collect information.