Mobile devices are becoming the target of choice for cybercriminals. This presentation will provide an in-depth view of the mobile malware that is currently active on the Internet. It will describe the infection rates, what the malware does, how it is monetized and the impact it has on network resources and the user experience. The presentation will draw on network based malware detection results from deployments that monitor the network traffic from over 100 million mobile devices in major carriers around the world.
Kevin McNamee is a seasoned IT security professional with over 30 years of experience in product development and security research. As director of Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Security Labs he is responsible for the security research team that does the malware analysis and research to support Alcatel-Lucent’s cloud based malware detection system. Previously he was director of security research at Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs specializing in the analysis of malware propagation and malware detection. He has recently presented at RSA, BlackHat, SecTor, Virus Bulletin and BSides conferences.