作者
Muzammil Hussain, Ahmed Al-Haiqi, Aws Alaa Zaidan, Bilal Bahaa Zaidan, M Kiah, Salman Iqbal, Shaukat Iqbal, Mohamed Abdulnabi
发表日期
2018/6/1
期刊
Computers & Security
卷号
75
页码范围
191-217
出版商
Elsevier Advanced Technology
简介
Mobile Health (mHealth) applications are readily accessible to the average users of mobile devices, and despite the potential of mHealth applications to improve the availability, affordability and effectiveness of delivering healthcare services, they handle sensitive medical data, and as such, have also the potential to carry substantial risks to the security and privacy of their users. Developers of applications are usually unknown, and users are unaware of how their data are being managed and used. This is combined with the emergence of new threats due to the deficiency in mobile applications development or the design ambiguities of the current mobile operating systems. A number of mobile operating systems are available in the market, but the Android platform has gained the topmost popularity. However, Android security model is short of completely ensuring the privacy and security of users' data, including the …
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