Wi-Fi News
Recent media articles about wi-fi security
Home wi-fi systems vulnerable to hackers
"Up to half of home wi-fi systems are susceptible to a new line of attack from hackers intent on stealing personal information such as passwords and bank information.
" James Randerson, science correspondent in San Francisco Guardian Unlimited, Tuesday February 20 2007
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Warnings on woeful wi-fi security
"A survey of wi-fi networks in London, Frankfurt, New York and San Francisco by RSA Security found more than a third had basic security features turned off.
" www.bbc.co.uk/news, Thursday, 10 March, 2005
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Spammers target Wi-Fi security
"Spammers are preparing to use weaknesses in corporate wireless local area networks (Lans) to send out floods of unsolicited email, a security company chief has claimed.
" Dinah Greek, vnunet.com 18 Jul 2003
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Gone in 120 seconds: cracking Wi-Fi security
"Cracking the Wi-Fi security protocol WEP is a probability game. The number of packets required to successfully decrypt the key depends on various factors, luck included.
" By Federico Biancuzzi, Tuesday 15th May 2007
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Wi-fi security system is 'broken'
"More holes have been picked in the security measure designed to protect the privacy and data of wi-fi users.
" www.bbc.co.uk/news, Friday, 19 October 2007
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Worried about Wi-Fi security?
"Even for IT professional Matthew Ingrassia, keeping a home Wi-Fi network safe from outside threats is close to a full-time undertaking.
" Matt Hines, CNET News.com, January 19, 2005
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Why old Wi-Fi security is vulnerable to attack
"Forty-one percent of businesses — and an even higher percentage of home users, say experts — still use WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), an outdated and vulnerable Wi-Fi security protocol. Trust us when we tell you the phrase: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is not the motto to live by when it comes to wireless-network security.
" Robert McMillan, December 1, 2007
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Cracking WiFi security: "How we did it to WEP" - complete with instruction kit
"Last month, three researchers, Erik Tews, Andrei Pychkine and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann developed an exploit. They showed that they could get the security code that protects WiFi access points using Wired Equivalency Privacy in less than two minutes.
" Guy Kewney, 15th May 2007
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Show survey uncovers Wi-Fi security chaos
"A probe of Wi-Fi access points at a large US trade show uncovered abysmal security, widespread signal jamming, and evidence that hacking tools were routinely being used to probe access points.
" John E. Dunn, Techworld, January 16, 2008
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Microsoft admits to Wi-Fi security hole
"Microsoft has admitted that there is a security flaw in the way Windows handles wireless connections, but the company has said it may not fix the problem until its next Service Pack is released.
" Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, 18th Jan 2006
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