Dangerous Flaw in the WiFi Networks
Link to the Article Publication:Navbharat Times Delhi; Date:Sep 2, 2008;
read moreWardrivers target WiFi networks
WiFi networks under attack from wardrivers If you work on an unsecured wireless internet network, beware. Someone right now could be moving around in the city looking for open WiFi spots for sending anonymous terror emails or accessing confidential information with almost no risk of being caught. Welcome to the dark world of wardriving. A wardriver is a person who moves in a vehicle with a laptop – or a PDA like iPhone or BlackBerry – which has a software that detects WiFi networks. If an unscrupulous wardriver finds an “open” network, one that is not...
read moreIntelligence gathering suffers as terrorists go tech-savvy
Intelligence gathering against terror via technology does not seem to be showing results as militants have minimized communication through mobile phones and have taken to ‘steganography’ – hiding messages in images, audio and video files – and war driving (hacking WiFi networks) for communication. It’s evident from the recent terror blasts before which a US-national’s Wi-Fi web connection in Mumbai was used to send mails to media and security agencies. “Anti-national elements are communicating through encrypted chatrooms. They are also using burst...
read moreCode red! Hackers now hit the road for mischief
Network Leakages At Residences Offer WarDrivers Easy Hotspots EVER done WarDriving? This isn’t about driving into a war zone. Rather, it’s circling the city with a WiFi laptop sniffing out wireless networks to gain illicit internet access. You may have got a WiFi access point at home, but someone else could be happily surfing or making free calls on your internet connection. And chances are that a WarDriver hacking a bank may get away with it, leaving the WiFi owner the suspect. Thousands of clueless people, including those in tony apartments with wireless internet, have leaky...
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