Beware your Android phone can be turned into a spy phone

The hacking tools will activate the microphone of your device and can record all audible sounds

Android users beware, your phones, be it the Samsung Galaxy series or the Sony Xperias, LG or the HTC One series can all be remotely activated and tapped.

In a startling new revelation that further exposes the vulnerability of Android devices, Wall Street Journal has reported that it is not just the hackers who are targeting your devices, but intelligence agencies are also doing so or have the technology to do so if they suspect you are a criminal.

The hacking tools will activate the microphone of your device and can record all audible sounds and the FBI in the US has been developing these tools for more than a decade, the report notes.

Another study published at  Black Hat - the just concluded security Conference in Las Vegas notes how hackers can gain access to your android phones by simply inserting a code into an app like Angry Bird and get complete access of an Android device, converting it into a sophisticated cyber-espionage device that can track the location, access and download contact list and all personal info, intercept and send messages, record conversations and even take pictures and videos.

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