Systems and methods for identifying suspicious text-messaging applications on mobile devices

摘要

A computer-implemented method for identifying suspicious text-messaging applications on mobile devices may include (1) identifying at least one outgoing text message on a mobile device, (2) analyzing at least one attribute of the outgoing text message identified on the mobile device, (3) determining that the outgoing text message is illegitimate based at least in part on analyzing the attribute of the outgoing text message, (4) identifying, in response to the determination, a suspicious text-messaging application that created the illegitimate outgoing text message on the mobile device, and then (5) performing, in response to the determination, at least one security action on the suspicious text-messaging application to prevent the suspicious text-messaging application from creating additional illegitimate text messages on the mobile device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for identifying suspicious text-messaging applications on mobile devices, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
identifying at least one outgoing text message on a mobile device; analyzing at least one attribute of the outgoing text message identified on the mobile device, wherein the attribute of the outgoing text messaging indicates a state of the mobile device when the outgoing text message was generated, by at least one of:
identifying a physical orientation of the mobile device during a creation of the outgoing text message and determining that the physical orientation of the mobile device obstructed user access to at least one text-entry interface on the mobile device during the creation of the outgoing text message; andidentifying an operating mode of the mobile device during a creation of the outgoing text message and determining that the operating mode of the mobile device prevented user access to the text-messaging application on the mobile device during the creation of the outgoing text message; determining that the outgoing text message is illegitimate based at least in part on analyzing the attribute of the outgoing text message; and in response to determining that the outgoing text message is illegitimate:
identifying a suspicious text-messaging application that created the illegitimate outgoing text message on the mobile device; andperforming at least one security action on the suspicious text-messaging application that created the illegitimate outgoing text message to prevent the suspicious text-messaging application from creating additional illegitimate text messages on the mobile device.