Rootkit: New Threat

Smart phones are now becoming regular PC with further development and changes on its features. Recently, new models of cellular phones offer internet accessibility just like e-mails and other variety of programs or applications commonly known as “apps”. This makes cell phone susceptible of malware.

Rootkit attacks the heart of a computer’s software. It could cause a smart phone to eaves drop, track the owner, and drain the battery which makes the phone of no use. This happens without the owner‘s knowledge.

Rootkit can only be detected from outside a corrupted operating system or through its external. Virtual machine monitor is the specialized tool that examines every system operation and data structure.

Its effect could be very harsh. Smart phone users tend to carry their phones most of the time or almost all the time for personal and business use. This gives the attacker great chance to eaves drop, or on worst case, extract personal info from phone directories or even know the exact location of the owner through querying the phones Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver then finally drains the battery leaving it dead.

by:Ella May Galindez
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/