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Re: PDA's/Blackberrys: risk to networksL
From: "Frynge Customer Support" <frynge () frynge com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:27:45 -0600
Paul: That depends. I would need to know these things A) What email programs do these PDAs use? B) What operating system do the PDAs use? Viruses are tranferred in a couple of ways 1: through some type of attachment that is clicked on2: through an attachment that is not clicked on and loaded automatically (via active X or javascript or some other scripting language)
3: visiting specific places on the internet, like a web page, and then through javascript automatically in the background
After they get on your PDA, depending on what your email program is, and depending on what operating system the PDAs run on, will show you how they are transferred from computer to computer and what they actually will do.
Let me know those factors and I can give you an assement as well as easy ideas to implement to protect yourself better.
Kelly Sigethy Frynge.com http://www.frynge.com----- Original Message ----- From: "Chinnery, Paul" <PaulC () mmcwm com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:51 PM Subject: PDA's/Blackberrys: risk to networksLSome of our directors are bringing in PDA's like Palms and using them to sync up with their email. Since virus writers and mailicious hackers are targeting these devices, we are wondering what the security impact is on networks Can viruses be transmitted easily between PDA and the network machine they connect to?
Could a key logger prg or other malicious prg be easily transferred?We're a small, rural hospital and although I keep pretty current on security issues I haven't see much on this forum or other security related forums which is why I am asking the group for their opinions. BTW, we're a W2K shop with W2K Pro and XP sp2 computers using Exchange2K and SQL.
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- PDA's/Blackberrys: risk to networksL Chinnery, Paul (Oct 19)
- Re: PDA's/Blackberrys: risk to networksL Frynge Customer Support (Oct 20)
- Re: PDA's/Blackberrys: risk to networksL Nick Owen (Oct 20)
- RE: PDA's/Blackberrys: risk to networksL Murda Mcloud (Oct 24)
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- Re: PDA's/Blackberrys: risk to networksL flur (Oct 20)
- RE: PDA's/Blackberrys: risk to networksL Beauford, Jason (Oct 20)
- RE: PDA's/Blackberrys: risk to networksL Chinnery, Paul (Oct 23)