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This paper is a call for law enforcement and other members of the digital forensic community to be aware of smartphones connecting to Peer-to-Peer networks. This paper also offers a review of botnet concepts and research surrounding smartphone malware.
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Cole, K.A., Silva, R.L., Mislan, R.P. (2012). All Bot Net: A Need for Smartphone P2P Awareness. In: Gladyshev, P., Rogers, M.K. (eds) Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. ICDF2C 2011. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 88. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35515-8_4
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