Connections provided by the UK's top three Wi-Fi networks - BT Openzone, The Cloud, and T-Mobile - are all vulnerable to attack by hackers, leaving people at risk of fraud, according to BBC's Watchdog.
In a programme due to air on Thursday night, it claims that the thousands of hotspots available nationwide - in hotels, trains, airport lounges and high street food outlets - are less safe than they appear.
Say what you will about the wireless phone companies, but in a crunch their managed 3G cellular networks get the job done when Wi-Fi connections fail.
I was in Chicago at a telecom trade show this week and had to cover a Federal Communications Commission's meeting via Webcast. Ironically, the meeting was focused on the FCC's proposal to draft new regulations to keep the Internet "open" and "free."
If you own a laptop and travel a lot, you must be accessing the Internet from public Wi-Fi hotspots. Public Wi-Fi hotspots are becoming increasingly popular and nowadays most of the public places such as shopping centers, railway stations and airports provide free access to the internet through these Wi-Fi hotspots. However you need to take some precautions to secure your laptop when you are accessing Internet at the public Wi-Fi hotspots.
Recently, I was trying to purchase a few books from Amazon.com, however, the site was inaccessible. *Gasp* I actually went to Barnes & Noble Online to make my purchase, even though I strongly prefer Amazon. The whole experience made me think about the importance of system reliability.
Because Wi-Fi is both a job and a hobby, my thoughts quickly turned to wireless networking. Which prompts me to ask, "Is your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) reliable?"
What resiliency options are available on enterprise class wireless gear?
As predicted last month, the IEEE has finally approved the 802.11n high-throughput wireless LAN standard.
Finalization of the new wireless networking standard--which is capable of delivering throughput speeds up to 300 megabits per second (and even higher)--took exactly seven years from the day it was conceived, or six years from the first draft version. The standard has been through a dozen or so draft versions.
Researchers have come a step closer to breaking open a common WiFi encryption scheme. An attacker can now read and falsify short packets in the common TKIP version of WiFi Protected Access (WPA) encryption in about one minute—a huge speed increase from the previously-required 12-15 minutes.
esearchers at AirMagnet have uncovered a serious flaw in a provisioning system used by Cisco Systems WLANs that could enable attackers to gain access to WLAN-attached systems.
Residents of Sin City now have a speedier network. Clearwire Communications said residents of Las Vegas have hit the jackpot with the company's soon-to-be available WiMAX mobile Internet service.
Beginning Aug. 1, the approximately 1.7 million residents of Las Vegas will have wireless Internet access at speeds faster than 3G networks, according to the company.
Next time the Queensland, Australia police knock on your door, don’t worry, they’re there to just educate you about the dangers of unsecured Wi-Fi in your home.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the Queensland Police fraud squad have decided to turn a very serious towards unsecured wireless networks to try to prevent crimes from possibly happening. An unknown number of officers will begin patroling residential streets to sniff out unsecured wireless networks, an act known as ‘wardriving’ amongst hackers.
Dogs bay at it. Lovers swoon under it. And some people like to bounce their voices off it. The first two are easy, but sending a voice signal 239,200 miles to the moon and back is not quite as simple.
On Saturday, amateur radio buffs or “hams,” as they call themselves, will hold a global bounce-fest, using as many giant parabolic antenna radio telescopes as they can borrow around the world. Not that one needs an excuse to hold a moon-bounce, but this one is being held as a kind of advance celebration of the 40th anniversary next month of the Apollo 11 mission.
