Security assessment of mobile financial services

Information technology rapid evolution was always closely followed by sophistication of malware. And with ubiquitous shift to mobile platforms, rise of mobile malware and in particular banking malware came as no surprise. In general, any financial operation on a mobile platform potentially exposes a user to the variety of threats including data leakage, theft and financial loss. Driven by financial profits, banking malware leverages user’s cluelessness, openness of mobile platforms, often a lack of security measures. This project focuses on security assessment of financial services offered by Quber application on Android and iOS platforms.

Faculty Supervisor:

Natalia Stakhanova

Student:

JUNAID IQBAL

Partner:

Quber Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

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