• DocumentCode
    3609150
  • Title

    The Wild West of Safeguarding Your Money: Mobile networks are at risk of being infiltrated by digital bandits.

  • Author

    Mabrie, Brett

  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    64
  • Abstract
    As a kid, I used to watch old westerns with my dad. Most of them involved villains robbing banks, trains, or stagecoaches. The bandits would ride in shooting their pistols in the air while wearing rags to cover the bottom halves of their faces, which identified them as the villains. The bandits were always successful because the banks carried large bags of money and the trains carried people with (oddly enough) large bags of money and other valuable possessions. The success continued until they were thwarted by the hero: Chuck Connors, the Lone Ranger, or one of the guys from Bonanza, who would come in with pistols, smarts, and television charm to save the day.
  • Keywords
    electronic money; mobile computing; mobile radio; smart phones; digital bandits; mobile networks; smartphone; Banking; Computer crime; Computer security; Consumer electronics; Encryption; FInance; IEEE 802.11 Standard; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Consumer Electronics Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2162-2248
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCE.2015.2463293
  • Filename
    7308158