Researchers have discovered a way to trigger and control malware on smartphones using sensory channels, like light, vibrations, music or other sounds. This is possible because of the advanced sensory technology found in modern cell phones. Music that blares from a speaker could cause compromised smartphones to carry out malicious activities at a sports event, the researchers said in a paper published by the University of Alabama at Birmingham presented earlier this month at a security conference in China. The paper, titled Sensing-Enable Channels for Hard-to-Detect Command and Control of Mobile Devices, described one example.”]