Spammers target Wi-Fi security
Unsecured connections could be used to hijack corporate mail servers. 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.
CipherTrust said that, as security on fixed line internet connections tightens, spammers could gear up to exploit vulnerabilities in wireless Lan security.
Steve Raber, CipherTrust's chief executive, warned that spammers could send someone out with a laptop PC looking for vulnerable networks and then hijack a company's mail servers to send junk email.
"Spam is not just a nuisance problem it is a security problem and inadequate protection for Wi-Fi is very common," he explained.
"It won't be the large companies so much as the smaller companies which buy off-the-shelf Wi-Fi networking solutions that will be most at risk."
Steve Ashmore, senior technology consultant at security company Mirapoint, agreed that an unsecured system will attract attacks.
