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Handbook of Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing, Edited by Ivan Stojmenovic´ Copyright © 2002 John Wiley Sons, Inc. ISBNs: 0-471-41902-8 (Paper); 0-471-22456-1 (Electronic) CHAPTER 14 Security and Fraud Detection in Mobile and Wireless Networks AZZEDINE BOUKERCHE Department of Computer Sciences, University of North Texas 14.1 INTRODUCTION The fusion of computer and telecommunication technologies has heralded the age of in- formation superhighway over wireline and wireless networks. Mobile cellular communi- cation systems and wireless networking technologies are growing at an ever-faster rate, and this is likely to continue in the foreseeable future. Wireless technology is presently be- ing used to link portable computer equipment to corporate distributed computing and oth- er sources of necessary information. Wide-area cellular systems and wireless LANs promise to make integrated networks a reality and provide fully distributed and ubiquitous mobile communications, thus bringing an end to the tyranny of geography. Higher relia- bility, better coverage and services, higher capacity, mobility management, power and complexity for channel acquisition, handover decisions, security management, and wire- less multimedia are all parts of the potpourri. Further increases in network security are necessary before the promise of mobile telecommunication can be fulfilled. Safety and security management against fraud, intru- sions, and cloned mobile phones, just to mention a few, will be one of the major issues in the next wireless and mobile generations. A “safe” system provides protection against errors of trusted users, whereas a “secure” system protects against errors introduced by impostors and untrusted users [1]. Therefore, rat