This method permits to remotely disable up to four different tasks of a stolen cell phone or PDA, rendering it inoperable. The beauty of this option is that the unit is not damaged in any way – full functionality and data can be easily restored if the device is recovered.
Another new security breach has been encountered this year when reports were received about a backdoor Trojan horse program that can take control over a mobile device. The subject program, identified as Backdoor. A, attacks PDAs running the Windows operating system. The Trojan arrives as an e-mail attachment or can be downloaded from the Internet. After it is installed, this small program is activated when the PDA is restarted and begins to look for a remote administrator to take control of the device. Fortunately, the Trojan’s threat control and removal was rated as “easy”. We have to admit that it is hardly surprising that viruses have found their way to mobile devices. Where technology goes, viruses will follow. The specialists from the Kaspersky Labs claim they were expecting a virus attack on a PDA, due to the latest attacks against other mobile devices. Virus threats development for mobile devices is passing through the same stages as the one for desktops. This worm is called “Cabir”, and it has been spotted by some security specialists who issued an alert concerning the danger. sis” and travels across devices working with the Symbian operating system which is used in PDAs and many cell phones. After that the worm begins a nonstop search particularly for Bluetooth-connected wireless devices to send itself to. The inventors of Cabir did not design the worm to spread massively. The worm rated with a low risk because it has to be intentionally activated by a mobile phone user, and also allowing the Caribe package requires pressing a button prior the files can be loaded into the receiving phone. This is the end result of the impressive advances made in mobile communication technology in the past years. And because they are more PC-like, smart cell phones and PDAs are mostly used by companies for mission-critical applications and data storage. That makes their users just as exposed to viruses and worms. The encryption technology expands to mobile devices the identical type of security that many companies have organized into their desktop computers.


