User awareness regarding mobile application usage risk factors

Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati i opisati sigurnosne rizike koji postoje prilikom korištenja aplikacija na mobilnim uređajima. Posebna pažnja posvetila se zloćudnim aplikacijama i trgovinama aplikacijama. Potrebno je bilo prikazati glavne i najraširenije zloćudne aplikacije, ali i istražiti svjesnost korisnika o rizicima kojima su izloženi. U praktičnom dijelu rada, razvijena je aplikacija koja na temelju upitnika određuje ona područja u kojima je potrebno educirati korisnika te nudi pristup sadržaju koji podiže svijest i razinu znanja o faktorima rizika.This paper aimed to examine and elaborate on safety risks while using mobile applications. Special attention was paid to malware applications and application stores. In addition to elaborating on the main and most common malware applications, we aimed to examine users’ awareness on risks they are exposed to. In the practical part of the paper, based on the survey results, we developed an application which determines areas users need to be educated about as well as provides contents that raise awareness and increase knowledge on risk factors