Palm and PocketPC
There was what I call an "almost-virus" for Palm a couple of years ago - the developer of the Liberty Gameboy emulator had built a version that had a virus built in - he also experiments with security and has written a good white paper for Palm-based security.
Of course, the anti-virus companies have had a field day with this - got them into a new market (always a good thing, especially when you have a goblin to point at).
The "truth" is that these devices are only really beginning to get connected, and in the future there will be malicious programs that do damange them. These devices today are inherently less secure than the desktop (if for no other reason than the fact that they are less mature platforms). A lot of lazy s/w developers have left holes in their programs that could be used to do some damage. The good thing is that the damage will be less severe for the forseeable future. A common point is that the weakest point is still going to be the human element (people not taking adequate precausions, or disgruntled employees, etc.). Haven't yet seen a good security program that handles them well :wink:
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