Security Risks of Mobile Commerce

Abstract

Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is evolving as an alternative to E-commerce services. M-commerce is a type of e-commerce which emphases on the use of services on handheld devices. It is becoming very popular among users because of ease of connectivity and its usage. With increase in the demand, it becomes essential to provide security to the services used on mobile. The user is using the mobile devices to make their secure payments and transactions. It becomes essential to increase security layers in the m-commerce to provide privacy to the user. The security risks in m-commerce are increasing exponentially. This chapter investigates the security breaches and the solutions associated with the m-commerce. It also focuses on the network services and problem related with device and user authentication. Many algorithms are proposed to make the device and the transaction safe. It is compulsory to make m-payment method very safe and secure, so that user can trust m-commerce to use their sensitive personal information.