Abstract: Method for providing a secure mode for mobile applications including: configuring which applications should be available in secure mode; defining in the mobile operating system kernel, rules and privileges for applications defined for the secure mode; checking continuously if the secure mode is enabled by the user; if the security mode is enabled by the user, then the operating system kernel searches all processes and applications running on the operating system, suspend) the system applications not configured to be available in secure mode, hides the protected application, restricts inter-process communications and enforce privilege escalation events and enables access to application files protected by the protected application user Id; and if the security mode is disabled by the user, then the kernel releases all processes and applications that were stopped by the secure mode and denies any access to the protected application files.

Abstract: A method to securely send, to the device the cryptographic key and the local wireless network credentials with an authenticity verification to ensure that the device is safe to be added to the local network. Those credentials are sent using a NFC enabled device to the internal EEPROM with NFC interface embedded on the target connected device. The method enforces the configuration setup process to avoid critical vulnerabilities in IoT devices, minimizing security and privacy issues to the final user and avoid any unauthorized device to be added to the network. When a new IoT device is added, assuming that this new device has no security key embedded and no stored authentication credentials, a secure mobile application will send that information to the device using NFC. This application has an interface to configure the device in a single step.

Abstract: A method to securely send, to the device the cryptographic key and the local wireless network credentials with an authenticity verification to ensure that the device is safe to be added to the local network. Those credentials are sent using a NFC enabled device to the internal EEPROM with NFC interface embedded on the target connected device. The method enforces the configuration setup process to avoid critical vulnerabilities in IoT devices, minimizing security and privacy issues to the final user and avoid any unauthorized device to be added to the network. When a new IoT device is added, assuming that this new device has no security key embedded and no stored authentication credentials, a secure mobile application will send that information to the device using NFC. This application has an interface to configure the device in a single step.

Abstract: Method for providing a secure mode for mobile applications including: configuring which applications should be available in secure mode; defining in the mobile operating system kernel, rules and privileges for applications defined for the secure mode; checking continuously if the secure mode is enabled by the user; if the security mode is enabled by the user, then the operating system kernel searches all processes and applications running on the operating system, suspend) the system applications not configured to be available in secure mode, hides the protected application, restricts inter-process communications and enforce privilege escalation events and enables access to application files protected by the protected application user Id; and if the security mode is disabled by the user, then the kernel releases all processes and applications that were stopped by the secure mode and denies any access to the protected application files.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method (100) for multi-factor authentication, which uses wearable devices as a secondary device (204) in conjunction with a primary/main device (200) (e.g., the smartphone of user who conducts the electronic transaction) to allow the user to verify the data integrity of electronic transaction before authorizing it (out of possible compromised device e.g. smartphone).