How Do Mobile Applications Enhance Security? An Exploratory Analysis of Use Cases and Provided Information
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| author | Pekaric, Irdin Sauerwein, Clemens Laichner, Simon Breu, Ruth |
| author_facet | Pekaric, Irdin Sauerwein, Clemens Laichner, Simon Breu, Ruth |
| contents | The ubiquity of mobile applications has increased dramatically in recent years, opening up new opportunities for cyber attackers and heightening security concerns in the mobile ecosystem. As a result, researchers and practitioners have intensified their research into improving the security and privacy of mobile applications. At the same time, more and more mobile applications have appeared on the market that address the aforementioned security issues. However, both academia and industry currently lack a comprehensive overview of these mobile security applications for Android and iOS platforms, including their respective use cases and the security information they provide.
To address this gap, we systematically collected a total of 410 mobile applications from both the App and Play Store. Then, we identified the 20 most widely utilized mobile security applications on both platforms that were analyzed and classified. Our results show six primary use cases and a wide range of security information provided by these applications, thus supporting the core functionalities for ensuring mobile security. |
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| spellingShingle | How Do Mobile Applications Enhance Security? An Exploratory Analysis of Use Cases and Provided Information Pekaric, Irdin Sauerwein, Clemens Laichner, Simon Breu, Ruth Cryptography and Security The ubiquity of mobile applications has increased dramatically in recent years, opening up new opportunities for cyber attackers and heightening security concerns in the mobile ecosystem. As a result, researchers and practitioners have intensified their research into improving the security and privacy of mobile applications. At the same time, more and more mobile applications have appeared on the market that address the aforementioned security issues. However, both academia and industry currently lack a comprehensive overview of these mobile security applications for Android and iOS platforms, including their respective use cases and the security information they provide. To address this gap, we systematically collected a total of 410 mobile applications from both the App and Play Store. Then, we identified the 20 most widely utilized mobile security applications on both platforms that were analyzed and classified. Our results show six primary use cases and a wide range of security information provided by these applications, thus supporting the core functionalities for ensuring mobile security. |
| title | How Do Mobile Applications Enhance Security? An Exploratory Analysis of Use Cases and Provided Information |
| topic | Cryptography and Security |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14421 |