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Airscanner Vulnerability Summary: Windows Mobile Security Software Fails the Test Background Page 1Airscanner Vulnerability Summary: Windows Mobile Security Software Fails the Test By Seth Fogie VP Airscanner Corp. August 14 2006 Microsoft claims that the Windows Mobile operating system is secure enough for the enterprise. Thats not quite true since unlike Windows XP handhelds dont have advanced security architecture. For example Pocket PC has no Kerberos authentication Encrypting Filesystem or a builtin firewall. In fact even the muchtouted Mobile2Mobile secure signing process for .DLLs and .exes can be bypassed with a simple buffer overflow thus potentially allowing malware to take over your device**. However once you understand limitations you can then plan your Windows Mobile rollout more carefully. Fortunately there is a great deal of 3rdparty security software out there. Unfortunately much of it is completely insecure. Sadly Windows Mobile developers have not yet been held up to the same scrutiny as desktop software developers. For instance you may think your encrypted or secure data is safe on a Pocket PC because the vendor stated as much when in reality the data is insecure. In this paper we expose some weaknesses in 3rdparty security software for Pocket PC. Note that we are not assigning blame to any of the developers; in fact some of themresponded quickly and were eager to get feedback and to fix the bugs. On the other hand some were angry threatening and even dismissive. For us it doesnt matter if software has bugs. All software has flaws; thats why you should always use layered security. It is the responsiveness of a developer and their willingness to fix the product that helps us define a quality developer. This is not an attempt to criticize any vendors. We selected the target applications at random using the search engines provided by reseller websites. We are also not disparaging the Windows Mobile platform. In fact we love it and use it every day. ...

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