Anti-Malware Research on Mobile Devices (Internship Project)

Scope & Deliverables

• Study how mobile malware performs malicious activities and hide from a victim.
• Research into an anti-malware application and understand how it detects and mitigate against mobile malware.
• Assess the effectiveness of anti-malware features on existing mobile devices at detecting and mitigating mobile malware.
• Look into ways to improve detection and mitigation of mobile malware.

Prerequisites/Skills Required

• Strong interest in mobile device security
• Basic C/C++ Programming and mobile application development
• Basic understanding of reverse engineering and ARM assembly language would be an advantage
• Applicant should indicate preference in Android or iOS (if any)