Mobile Phone Has Turned Into The Eye Catching Business For Criminals

Who knew that cellphones were a major problem in South Carolina prisons. Well, recently the states prison industry has come under fire for not being vigilant enough to make sure that cellphones did not end up in the hands of felons behind bars. It appears that felons serving time have easy access to cellphones. Visitors smuggle the devices into the prison. Crooked guards bring the devices to the prison and distribute them for money. Even drones fly the cellphones to the prison. Gov. Nikki Haley and other governors across the country are requesting that FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler the ability to jam cellphone signals around the prison. Thus, making it impossible for prisoners to communicate via the cellphones.

In the article "Our Cell Phones, Ourselves," by Christine Rosen, she explains the dependency on cell phone use while highlighting unforeseen consequences that may occur with cellular device use. From allowing parents to track down their children, to having a casual conversation with a friend, cell phones offer people an unparalleled level of convenience. Furthermore, cell phone owners feel much safer knowing that in an emergency, help is just a phone call away. This convenience, however, does not come without any negative effects. Many cell phone owners become too engrossed in their phones and therefore ignore the physical world, an idea that Rosen refers to as "absent presence.” Also, people may use their phones as a way to prove they are

The article, which addresses security loopholes in modern computing environments, by Loscocco et al highlights what is and has been being done security wise in the past and how secure these implementations were and going forward what should be done to ensure in depth security which guarantees system wide security (1998). The article first explains features of secure operating system and why current systems implemented under the notion of application space security ultimately failed to safe guard the integrity and confidentiality of our assets. The article then continued with general examples of access control and cryptography implemented in the application space with no or little support from operating system and showed their vulnerabilities to attacks such as tampering, bypassing and spoofing. The article supplied real-life examples to support the evidence that building security in the application space without secure operating system is meaningless. The article raised concrete examples on mobile code security, Kerberos network authentication service, IPSEC and SSL network security protocols and firewall. The paper finally put an interesting remark that security implemented in application space without secure operating system is like “building a house in a pile of sand” and it also emphasized that secure operating system without better security on the

“All cell phones register their location with cell phone networks several times a minute, and this function cannot be turned off while the phone is getting a wireless signal” (Cell Phone Location Tracking Public Records 1). Inmates can be monitored in many different ways, from cell phones to tracking anklets. The Tracking Release Program should be put into effect more than it already is. This change will stop the waste of tax payer’s money on meaningless crimes and other people’s mistakes. It costs $700.00 a month to house one inmate and the cost of one employee’s hourly wage of $10.50 (U.S. Marshal Service 2). Compare the cost to house one inmate to the cost of hiring one employee. The cost is substantially different. By the end, you will have a basic knowledge of how this program will save money and create jobs.

It's only June, yet 66 prison inmates have already used smuggled phone to open accounts on Facebook or other social media sites. These are only the ones that have been caught; the actual number is possibly higher, despite metal detectors, K-9 detection and vehicle searches. Contraband cell phones in prisons are a major problem, since inmates can use the Internet to engage in all types of criminal activity, including murder. According to a an article posted by WLTX 19, Capt. Robert Johnson of the Lee Correctional Institution was shot multiple time by a hitman allegedly hired by an inmate using a contraband cell phone.

Cell Phones are now a part of our everyday life. This is a fact for just about every modern American. We use them to capture family moments, schedule appointments, handle finances, and listen to our favorite bands. We have all this information on our cell phones, and companies like Apple and Google are fighting to keep this information secure from prying eyes.

There is a new and more powerful drug that is plaguing our nation and the sad thing, is everyone in our nation is addicted to this deadly drug, the cell phone.

Next, if we look at the past 10 years, technology has made rapid advancements and continues to grow and improve till this day. Though advancements in technology have improved our daily lives, it has also increased the likelihood of transnational crime. Sadly, since technology is up-to-date or as some would argue ahead of its time, criminals are able to communicate easier without a hitch because modern system that allows legitimate business to run, also creates a window of opportunity for criminal transaction such as making an arrangement online, gives them the opportunity to coordinate smuggling and illicit trade acts, and a chance for them to cover their tracks lessening the chances of them being caught. For instance, global scamming of Nigeria

One of the countermeasures to this type of network threat is by using generic service banners that do not expose configuration information or software version are also a feasible solution \parencite{gonzalez2012quantitative}.

Nowadays, technology is speeding our way of communication and the way in which we handle our personal lives. Zdziarski (2008) described, “How the iPhone has quickly become a market leader in technology and has been a big success around the world” (preface.iX). The iPhone has become a very useful tool in many aspects of people lives. However, people should be aware that this device can store a great amount of data in its memory and that if you ever lost or had it stolen all off your personal and professional information can be available to whoever has it in their hand.

Lawton, G. (2008). Is it finally time to worry about mobile malware? Computer, 41(5), 12-14.

Cell phone communication is not completely secure but the risk depends on a variety of variables, user habits, interception points, and user vigilance.

These papers "Design of Touch Dynamics Based User Authentication with an Adaptive Mechanism on Mobile Phone," by Y. Meng, D. S. Wong, and L.-F. Kwok , and " Continuous Mobile Authentic-cation Using Touchscreen Gestures," by T. Feng, Z. Liu, K.-A. Kwon, W. Shi, B. Carbunar, Y. Jiang, and N. Nguy are compared. The two papers illustrate that touchscreen mobile phones are very popular and used to store sensitive information such as passwords, personal photos and business information [1,2]. Thus, smartphones become valuable places and targets for attacks. Moreover, smartphones are eligible to be stolen and lost which enhances the chance for unauthorized users access to personal, sensitive information [1,2]. Consequently, the Y. Meng et al.

Abstract: We extensively review the literature on MITM to analyze and categories the scope of MITM attacks, considering both a reference model, such as the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, as well as two specific widely used network technologies, i.e., GSM and UMTS. In particular, we classify MITM attacks based on several parameters, like location of an attacker in the network, nature of a communication channel, and impersonation techniques. Based on an impersonation techniques classification, we then provide execution steps for each MITM class. We survey existing countermeasures and discuss the comparison among them. Finally, based on our analysis, we propose a categorization of MITM prevention mechanisms, and we identify some

The primary extent of this paper is to recognize the lost mobiles. Every single day a large number of mobiles get lost or lost, however compelling path for the hindering of the lost versatile to keep unapproved individual from making and accepting the calls has been finished by the makers of the portable with the assistance of International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI) has been done yet however there has been no improvement or next to no advancement for the recognition of the lost cell telephone.