The number of mobile malware attacks on smartphones and tablets are growing rapidly, and with the arrival of mobile banking and mobile wallets, widespread high profile attacks are soon to be upon us. However, traditional A/V defenses that work well for the desktop, do not work well for wireless devices. This is because traditional approaches rely on signatures and heuristics, and therefor need to be patched each time a new threat appears or an existing one mutates. For wireless smartphones and tablets, this means a FOTA patch to the client, which is extremely expensive for carriers, and takes months to test, certify, and provision. Clearly this is not a sustainable solution as more malware targets more mobile wallets, mobile banking, and sensitive corporate data. Cloud-based A/V approaches can only hope to block, at best, 70% of threats, and heuristics on the handset burn drastic amounts of battery power. Clearly an entirely new approach is needed, one which is battery efficient, can detect ANY malware on the device day zero, and does not need FOTA patching. This is the solution that FatSkunk provides.

Why do traditional defenses fall short?

How can you solve these problems?