Faux Disk Encryption: Realities of Secure Storage on Mobile Devices

Drew Suarez; Daniel A. Mayer

doi:10.1109/MobileSoft.2016.061

2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (MOBILESoft)

Faux Disk Encryption: Realities of Secure Storage on Mobile Devices

Year: 2016, Pages: 283-284

DOI Bookmark: 10.1109/MobileSoft.2016.061

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Drew Suarez
Daniel A. Mayer

Abstract

This paper reviews the challenges faced when securing data on mobile devices. After a discussion of the state-of-the-art of secure storage for iOS and Android, the paper introduces an attack which demonstrates how Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on Android can be ineffective in practice.

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Faux Disk Encryption: Realities of Secure Storage on Mobile Devices

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