NEMESYS: Enhanced Network Security for Seamless Service Provisioning 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. Erol Gelenbe and Gökçe Görbil Imperial College London, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom, e-mail: {e.gelenbe,g.gorbil}@imperial.ac.uk Dimitrios Tzovaras Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece Steffen Liebergeld Technical University of Berlin, 10587 Berlin, Germany David Garcia Hispasec Sistemas S.L., 29590 Campanillas (Malaga), Spain Madalina Baltatu Telecom Italia IT, 20123 Milan, Italy George Lyberopoulos COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications S.A., 15124 Maroussi, Greece