Anti-virus tools and techniques for computer systems
Anti-virus tools and techniques for computer systems
Inside risks: the Trojan horse race
Communications of the ACM
Building a high-performance, programmable secure coprocessor
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking - Special issue on computer network security
A secure and reliable bootstrap architecture
SP '97 Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
SSYM'00 Proceedings of the 9th conference on USENIX Security Symposium - Volume 9
An open-source cryptographic coprocessor
SSYM'00 Proceedings of the 9th conference on USENIX Security Symposium - Volume 9
The design and analysis of graphical passwords
SSYM'99 Proceedings of the 8th conference on USENIX Security Symposium - Volume 8
Hand-held computers can be better smart cards
SSYM'99 Proceedings of the 8th conference on USENIX Security Symposium - Volume 8
A secure environment for untrusted helper applications confining the Wily Hacker
SSYM'96 Proceedings of the 6th conference on USENIX Security Symposium, Focusing on Applications of Cryptography - Volume 6
Framework for security and privacy in automotive telematics
WMC '02 Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Mobile commerce
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Choose the red pill and the blue pill: a position paper
Proceedings of the 2008 workshop on New security paradigms
On cellular botnets: measuring the impact of malicious devices on a cellular network core
Proceedings of the 16th ACM conference on Computer and communications security
Assessment of palm OS susceptibility to malicious code threats
CMS'05 Proceedings of the 9th IFIP TC-6 TC-11 international conference on Communications and Multimedia Security
SP 800-101. Guidelines on Cell Phone Forensics
SP 800-101. Guidelines on Cell Phone Forensics
SP 800-72. Guidelines on PDA Forensics
SP 800-72. Guidelines on PDA Forensics
An overview and analysis of PDA forensic tools
Digital Investigation: The International Journal of Digital Forensics & Incident Response
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Portable devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), are particularly vulnerable to malicious code threats due to their widespread implementation and current lack of a security framework. Although well known in the security industry to be insecure, PDAs are ubiquitous in enterprise environments and are being used for such applications as one-time-password generation, storage of medical and company confidential information, and e-commerce. It is not enough to assume all users are conscious of computer security and it is crucial to understand the risks of using portable devices in a security infrastructure. Furthermore, it is not possible to employ a secure application on top of an insecure foundation. Palm operating system (OS) devices own nearly 80 percent of the global handheld computing market [11]. It is because of this that the design of the Palm OS and its supporting hardware platform were analyzed. The presented research provides detail into specific scenarios, weaknesses, and mitigation recommendations related to data protection, malicious code, virus storage, and virus propagation. Additionally, this work can be used as a model by users and developers to gain a deeper understanding of the additional security risks that these and other portable devices introduce.