As SmartPhones turn out to be more like computers, they are becoming more and more open to attack say experts. So supposed to we be worried?
“Smart phones are fundamentally becoming regular computers,” said Vinod Ganapathy, assistant professor of computer discipline in Rutgers’ School of Arts and Sciences.
“They sprint the same class of operating systems as desktop and laptop computers, so they are just as susceptible to attack by malicious software or ‘Malware.’”
Ganapathy and computer Science professor Liviu Iftode, along with three students, looked at a type of Malware recognized as Rootkits.
The obsession with Rootkits is that you don’t know they are there as they attack the operating system and aren’t easy to detect.
This potentially means that without you being conscious of it, somebody could listen in on conversations you have, remove sensitive information from your phone, or find out accurately where you are located using the Global Positioning System on your phone.
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