Hackers are sneaky threats for wireless-network users
If Eric Schultze had known what was happening, he might not have slept so soundly that night in his Boston Marriott hotel room.
Schultze, chief security architect for Shavlik Technologies in Mankato, Minn., and a former Microsoft executive, had hooked up his computer to the hotel’s Internet connection the night before he was to make a presentation at a conference in October 1999.
“The hotel is just like one big network,” says Schultze, a “whitehat hacker” who is hired by companies to break into their networks to find gates that are unmanned by virtual security guards. “The moment you plug in, the other folks in that connection can see you, and you can see them.” L33tdawg: There are still a handful of seats left for the wireless security and war driving training that HITB is conducting with Bellua next month in KL. If you haven't registered for your seat, do so now. Registrants will also get a free invite to HITBSecConf2006 - Malaysia; Asia's biggest network security conference!
