Friday, October 15, 2004
Reverse-Engineering the First Pocket PC Trojan
Posted by Janak Parekh in "SOFTWARE" @ 07:00 AM
"Recently we were the first to provide a detailed analysis and fix for WinCE4.Dust, the inaugural Pocket PC virus. We also gave the first detailed analysis of Mosquito, the inaugural Symbian Trojan horse. Now we're going to present a detailed analysis of Brador, the inaugural Trojan horse for the Windows Mobile operating system. We weren't the first to discover Brador. We actually had a difficult time getting our hands on it. The author of WinCE4.Dust sent it to all antivirus (AV) companies, including ours (Airscanner). However, Brador was written by a different author, from Russia, who reportedly released it to only a select few "big" AV companies. As a smaller company that focuses exclusively on Windows Mobile antivirus software, we were left out in the cold."
This is an interesting, albeit technical, read on what is likely to become a bigger problem on Pocket PCs as they grow more connected. Three of the authors of this article also wrote a previous article on WinCE4.Dust. I'm not installing an antivirus and/or firewall on my Pocket PC yet, but I'll closely be watching as this field continues to grow.
This is an interesting, albeit technical, read on what is likely to become a bigger problem on Pocket PCs as they grow more connected. Three of the authors of this article also wrote a previous article on WinCE4.Dust. I'm not installing an antivirus and/or firewall on my Pocket PC yet, but I'll closely be watching as this field continues to grow.
