RavenMaster
Power Member
"It's just three weeks since the 29A virus group delivered Duts
(http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=1874404), the first
proof-of-concept virus for PDAs [Personal Digital Assistants] running
PocketPC, and already we have a viable Trojan horse that targets these
handheld devices. The new Trojan, called Brador
(http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=1984055), was written by
a Russian malicious code writer, with the accompanying text, "Get to
work, folks, the PocketPC market will soon explode".
The number of devices used within the corporate world is increasing. In
particular, the use of handheld devices - PDAs and smartphones - is
growing significantly and with it, the use of wireless technology of one
sort or another (802.11b, Bluetooth, etc.). These devices are quite
sophisticated. They run IP services, offer web access and are hooked up
to corporate networks. They also give users the ability to connect
remotely to other devices and networks.
Unfortunately, they're intrinsically less secure, operating outside the
reach of traditional network security safeguards. And as they start to
carry more and more valuable corporate data, wireless devices and
wireless networks become a more attractive target for the writers of
malicious code. History has shown that in the development of
applications, devices and networks ease of access is delivered ahead of
security. Since these devices live outside traditional network security,
they could easily become the weakest link in the corporate security
system.
The author of Brador is the first coder to actively engage the PDA virus
market; he is offering to sell the client part for Brador to all
interested parties. The virus writing industry has arrived indeed: virus
coders are producing effective malware and selling it openly.
"We were certain that a functional malicious program for PDAs would
appear soon after the first proof of concept viruses emerged for mobile
phones and Windows Mobile', commented Eugene Kaspersky, Head of
Anti-Virus Research at Kaspersky Labs, 'WinCE.Brador.a is a full-scale
malicious program ready to go: unlike proof of concept malware, Brador
has a complete set of destructive functions typical for backdoors.
Moreover, the offer to sell the client part proves that today, virus
writing is big business"."
(http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=1874404), the first
proof-of-concept virus for PDAs [Personal Digital Assistants] running
PocketPC, and already we have a viable Trojan horse that targets these
handheld devices. The new Trojan, called Brador
(http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=1984055), was written by
a Russian malicious code writer, with the accompanying text, "Get to
work, folks, the PocketPC market will soon explode".
The number of devices used within the corporate world is increasing. In
particular, the use of handheld devices - PDAs and smartphones - is
growing significantly and with it, the use of wireless technology of one
sort or another (802.11b, Bluetooth, etc.). These devices are quite
sophisticated. They run IP services, offer web access and are hooked up
to corporate networks. They also give users the ability to connect
remotely to other devices and networks.
Unfortunately, they're intrinsically less secure, operating outside the
reach of traditional network security safeguards. And as they start to
carry more and more valuable corporate data, wireless devices and
wireless networks become a more attractive target for the writers of
malicious code. History has shown that in the development of
applications, devices and networks ease of access is delivered ahead of
security. Since these devices live outside traditional network security,
they could easily become the weakest link in the corporate security
system.
The author of Brador is the first coder to actively engage the PDA virus
market; he is offering to sell the client part for Brador to all
interested parties. The virus writing industry has arrived indeed: virus
coders are producing effective malware and selling it openly.
"We were certain that a functional malicious program for PDAs would
appear soon after the first proof of concept viruses emerged for mobile
phones and Windows Mobile', commented Eugene Kaspersky, Head of
Anti-Virus Research at Kaspersky Labs, 'WinCE.Brador.a is a full-scale
malicious program ready to go: unlike proof of concept malware, Brador
has a complete set of destructive functions typical for backdoors.
Moreover, the offer to sell the client part proves that today, virus
writing is big business"."