Researchers at Rutgers University have shown how rootkits could be used to take control of smartphones. A malicious attacker could cause a smartphone to eavesdrop on a meeting, track its owners travels, or rapidly drain its battery to render the phone useless Iftode and Vinod Ganapathy have revealed some experiments they have been conducting. But how realistic is this threat in reality? I dont think the kind of attack described is a big deal right now.”]
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