Wi-Fi networks can be persuaded to lock out their legitimate users by an "autoimmune disorder" attack, researchers at the Defcon-16 security conference will show this week.
Researchers from Airtight Networks will unveil how they compromised eight different wireless networks by persuading their security systems to lock out legitimate users.
Have you considered wrapping your building in tinfoil or slathering the walls with metal-impregnated paint to keep RF signals from leaking out? If so, you might want to hold off till September, when a simpler alternative is expected to arrive.
Wireless broadband Internet access via hotspots is convenient for both the casual surfer and the Internet-dependent teleworker. Unfortunately, current security technologies integrated into wireless LAN (WLAN) products offer insufficient protection here, and mobile users must be wary when accessing the central company network via a hotspot.
This we noticed during our visit to our ultra-rich neighboring country to attend the CommunicAsia 2008, the largest information and communication technology trade show in the Asia Pacific region.
More than the city-state’s well-paved roads lined with trees, its tall buildings and truly cosmopolitan looks, the ready availability of wireless Internet access in almost all parts of the world’s sixth-richest country made me green with envy. Singapore, indeed, comes close to any IT guy’s notion of Web paradise.
Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin's campaign for a free, smutless, wireless, national broadband service for the people opened a new chapter on Friday with the release of a public comment cycle on the plan. The agency's Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNOPR) advocates "public access to free, nationwide, high-speed wireless broadband Internet services using a portion of the winning bidder’s network in the 2.1GHz Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum."
Remember all those companies that were going to build-out giant WiFi grids in cities or condo developments or office parks? Want to know what happened to them?
The smart ones went to the hospital.
Mobile Access is one such smart company. Vice president Jeff Kunst says the 10-year old company now has a heavy focus on hospitals, which offer the complexity and maintenance money he needs to turn a profit.
A five mile wi-fi detector has got a security firm's knickers in a twist about the lack of security in firms' systems. The device, made by this company, is a line of sight unit but it has plans to make more powerful devices.
Some IT security reseller named Global Secure Systems has been wibbling around saying that evil hackers can gain access to company wifi by simply taking an empty (and hopefully clean) Pringles box and amplify any 802.11g or 802.11n signal hovering around. Oh, they do have to put something in the Pringles box to amplify the signal, of course.
Starbucks began offering coffee drinkers a way to get free Wi-Fi access at its shops on Tuesday, but some customers had a hard time cashing in.
That's because some people were unable to access Starbucks' Card Rewards Web site in order to sign up for the program, which offers two hours of free Wi-Fi access per day to participants.
The wireless intrusion detection and prevention systems (WIPDS) market, although a niche market in the past, is broadening as wireless area networks are increasingly utilised and their accompanying threats become more complex.
This is according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. According to the research, the worldwide market for WIPDS earned revenue of $150 million in 2007 and the research firm estimates this will reach $572.5 million by 2014.
Wireless is the norm these days, whether it's at home, at work or on the road, you'll often connect to Wi-Fi networks and hotspots for internet access. But it’s not the easiest functionality to either connect to or get to grips with.
