Android Rootkit Is Just a Phone Call Away

alphadogg writes "Hoping to understand what a new generation of mobile malware could resemble, security researchers will demonstrate a malicious 'rootkit' program they've written for Google's Android phone next month at the Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas. Once it's installed on the Android phone, the rootkit can be activated via a phone call or SMS message, giving attackers a stealthy and hard-to-detect tool for siphoning data from the phone or misdirecting the user. 'You call the phone, the phone doesn't ring, and when the phone realizes that it's being called by an attacker's phone number, it sends him back a shell [program],' said Christian Papathanasiou, a security consultant with Chicago's Trustwave, the company that did the research."

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Pardon the smell, guys.

[Anonymous Coward]

Pardon the smell, I dropped an Obama in my pants!

Re:Pardon the smell, guys.

[Anonymous Coward]

funny thing about niggers. When they shit their pants, it improves their smell.

Re:just like installing a trojan on your computer!

[Anonymous Coward]

"Ubuntu protects you from malware in the same way that a Geo protects you from carjackers." -AC

Your sig is pure troll bullshit, faggot.

Re:Don't worry, be happy!

[JonJ]

Which you'll have to get a new phone to get, since none of the carriers nor the supplier of the phones have a proper upgrade plan.