06 Aug 2004
Sophos issues advice about Brador Pocket PC backdoor Trojan horse
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| The Brador Trojan horse runs on Pocket PC
PDAs |
PDA users need not panic as no reports of Trojan in the
wild
Researchers at Sophos have reported the discovery of a backdoor
Trojan horse for the Pocket PC PDA platform.
Troj/Brador-A
runs on the Pocket PC operating system, opening a backdoor which
could allow hackers to take remote control of compromised PDAs.
Brador is not a virus, and does not replicate itself via email. It
can only work on PDAs running the Pocket PC operating system on an
ARM processor.
"With no reports of this PDA Trojan in the wild it seems like
this is more of a storm in a teacup rather than a threat which
should give system administrators sleepless nights," said Graham
Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "The real and
present danger is the numerous virus attacks which are happening
every day on desktop computers running good old fashioned Windows.
That's where businesses should be focusing their attention right
now when it comes to securing their systems."
About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.