Collaborative malware detection and prevention on mobile devices

摘要

The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for collaborative threat detection on mobile devices. A mobile device may comprise a processor, secure memory, and secure circuitry. The processor may be coupled to host memory and may be configured to execute a security threat detection application to detect a malicious program attacking the mobile device. The secure memory may be configured to host a collaborator database comprising data corresponding to at least one collaborating device. The secure circuitry may be configured to determine if the security threat detection application running on the processor is properly operating. If an abnormality in the operation of the security threat detection application is detected, the secure circuitry may be further configured to cause a security threat notification to be transmitted to the collaborating device based on the data in the collaborator database.