Rootkit-based Exploits Could Eavesdrop Smartphones

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Computer scientists at Rutgers University this week are demonstrating ways that rootkits can attack new generations of smart mobile phones. The researchers, who are presenting their findings at a mobile computing workshop in Maryland, are showing how a rootkit could cause a smartphone to eavesdrop on a meeting, track its owner’s travels, or rapidly drain [...]

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