Jeffrey Bickford, Rutgers University (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Jeffrey Bickford, Rutgers University

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Rutgers computer science graduate student Jeffrey Bickford with smart phone used to test malicious "rootkit" software, which attacks the phone's operating system. Researchers showed how rootkits could cause a smart phone to eavesdrop on a meeting, track its owner's travels, or rapidly drain its battery to render the phone useless.

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Carl Blesch

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