Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Security boffins brew devilish Android rootkit


Computer scientists have identified a weakness in the Android mobile operating system that allows users to be tricked into silently installing hidden malware.
A research team led by Xuxian Jiang at North Carolina State University discovered that they could redirect a fandroid's touchscreen taps - a technique known as clickjacking - to inject a rootkit that can evade detection and maliciously alter the operation of the device.


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