Security Labs of Kindsight, a part of Alcatel-Lucent, has built a proof-of-concept program. The technology, codenamed DroidWhisper, can be hidden as a component within any Android app. It can be installed covertly in the background, booting up automatically when the device is turned on. The spyware would receive instructions from a command-and-control server, which could communicate over the Internet or through the phone’s Short Message Service.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2133673/researchers-turn-android-phone-into-agent-007-tool.html