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Smartphone Sensors Could be Used to Activate Malware, Research Shows

Mobile phone sensors might be used to initiate a malware outbreak on smartphones. Out-of-band communication is very hard to detect and even harder to prevent infected mobile bots. Modern malware is highly dependent on two-way communication, so if youre planning to actually steal data, you`ll still need to send it via the Internet. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham say it’s not the end of the digital world, but rather a what-if scenario to prepare for the next generation of mobile malware.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/smartphone-sensors-could-be-used-to-activate-malware-research-shows/

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