• Classroom
  • Mobile devices run specialized operating systems with security problems.
  • Students will learn how mobile operating systems and apps work, how to find and exploit vulnerabilities and how to defend them.
  • Topics will include phone call, voicemail, SMS intrusion, jailbreaking, rooting, NFC attacks, malware, browser exploitation, and application vulnerabilities.

Learning Objectives

  1. Assess the risks of using mobile devices for common activities such as making phone calls, emailing, and shopping.
  2. Perform jailbreaks for iOS devices and analyze the Android security model and rooting.
  3. Differentiate and describe types of mobile malware and anti-malware options.
  4. Evaluate Web browser services and attacks on mobile platforms and recommend countermeasures.
  5. Configure, deploy, and defeat locking, remote location and wiping services.
  6. Prioritize common mobile app risks and determine how and when to appropriately install and use them.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • All-Source Analysis
  • Cyber Defense Analysis
  • Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support
  • Digital Forensics
  • Exploitation Analysis

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.