Palm security vulnerabilities
Here is a security flaw to the Palm OS....
Beaming programs. -- The Palm will automatically pick up the nearest beam by IR. I've read stories on the net that people (in larger towns) go around using their Palm and trying to transmit by IR on buses and subways. When they find a Palm that's on and receiving, they send an app they compiled and hope the user accessess it.
The program is disguised as something else (two examples here are; 1- name it and icon it the same as another, to confuse the user to accidentally use the wrong one (ie: Address & Clock), or 2- call it a useful utility or game and hope they check what it is.
The program does one of two things, it either attempts to delete the whole Palm (using PalmDOS and some modifications) or writing a crashing program that will require a hard reset. (which causes all data to be lost.)
I've also heard about a .pdb file that is on runtime and activates with the Clock alarm setting.
I've been trying to find this site that I am mentioning from, but can't for the life of me remember the URL... I'd check my history but it was on a 'puter at college.
