[HIB]Hacked smartphones may pose a military threat

The increased use of smartphones with on-board satnav and location data software could pose a serious security threat to troops in hostile countries such as Afghanistan, as their mobiles could transmit their location to the enemy, says the Network World IT portal. Writer Tim Greene reports that the recent rash of smartphone malware – which effectively allows hackers remote control to the smartphone's features – could affect the Android handsets of military personnel. According to Greene, this type of malware would not be unlike the recently discovered Android malware. Two researchers – Hugh Thompson, a software security professor at Columbia University and conference chairman for the RSA Conference, and Markus Jakobsson of Paypal – told the reporter that "malicious software that commandeers phone functions could give wartime enemies valuable information about troop locations and movements."

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