| Mobile code is defined as software modules obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient.
Examples of mobile code include JavaScript, VBScript, Java applets, ActiveX controls, Flash animations, Shockwave videos, and macros embedded within Microsoft Office documents. Mobile code can be exploited to attack a host. It can be sent as an email attachment or embedded in other file formats not traditionally associated with executable code.
While the ALG cannot replace the network IDS or the antivirus and host-based IDS (HIDS) protection installed on the network's endpoints, vendor or locally created sensor rules can be implemented that provide pre-emptive defense against both known and zero-day vulnerabilities. Many of the protections may provide defenses before vulnerabilities are discovered and rules or blacklist updates are distributed by antivirus or malicious code solution vendors.
To monitor for and detect known prohibited mobile code or approved mobile code that violates permitted usage requirements, the ALG must implement policy filters, rules, signatures, and anomaly analysis.
The CA API Gateway must block against code injection and SQL injection attacks, helping to prevent and detect any mobile code that is exhibiting unusual behavior through the injection of incorrect code or wrongly formatted SQL statements within all registered services policies as per organizational requirements. |
