October 17, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- If you use a secure
wireless network, hackers may be able to steal data from your
computer in the time it takes to have a cup of coffee.
At the Toorcon hacking conference in San Diego this coming weekend,
security researcher Vivek Ramachandran, will demonstrate a
technique he's developed to attack laptops that use the WEP (Wired
Equivalent Privacy) encryption system to log on to secure wireless
networks.
Developed in the late 1990s, WEP was the default method of securing
Wi-Fi networks. Though the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) system
replaced it, about 41 percent of businesses continue to use WEP.
That percentage is even higher among home users, security experts
say.
That's unfortunate because WEP has been riddled with security
problems. In fact, WEP was blamed for the recent TJX Companies Inc.
data breach, in which thieves were able to access 45 million
credit- and debit-card numbers.
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Indian Computer geek has cracked the system.......
Now the hacker can enter your system and send threats to the
police, government etc...then you get raided by SWAT
team......
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October 17, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- A Washington State teenager
is facing 18 years in prison on charges that he used his PC to
access Orange County, California's 911 emergency response system
and convinced the sheriff's department into storming an area
couple's home with a heavily armed SWAT team.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9043098&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top
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I still use wires around the flat........no wireless routers for
me.......you how?
