Smartphone apps need securing at the software development stages
Smartphones could very easily become spy phones, with hackers able to eavesdrop on your conversations, researchers at Rutgers University in the US have warned. The handsets could be hijacked using malware as they have now become as advanced as computers, say experts.
Researchers at Rutger's University have developed a proof-of-concept rootkit that can be ported to multiple smartphone operating systems such as the Apple iPhone plus Google Android, and allows hackers to remotely turn on the GPS function, as well as remote-enable the phone's microphone.
Rootkits – which has been around on PCs since the mid-1990s – are notable for masking their own existence on the computer, and can be installed via e-mails that trick users into opening attachments.
