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Source: CNET News - Posted by Pax Dickinson
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The recent arrest of a Florida man on charges of unauthorized use of a wireless network could set legal ground rules for open Wi-Fi access.
A man sitting in a Chevy Blazer in a residential neighborhood reportedly was poking around nearby wireless networks in violation of computer crime laws, according to local police.
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Source: ComputerWorld - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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When it comes to mobile and wireless technology, what keeps a CIO up at night?
John Wade, CIO of the Saint Luke's Health System in Kansas City, Mo., said he faces many of the same problems confronting other CIOs when it comes to supporting mobile and wireless technology in a large organization.
Wade is one of 25 senior IT managers making presentations at Computerworld's Mobile & Wireless World conference this week in Scottsdale, Ariz. The event kicks off today, with an expected audience of about 300 attendees, including many senior IT managers, organizers said. |
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Source: Jon Udell's Weblog - Posted by Pax Dickinson
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Yesterday I started noticing referral traffic from myscreencast.com, a phpbb-based community site for finding and sharing screencasts. The most entertaining one I found is called Cracking WEP in 10 minutes. It was produced with Camtasia, but the action takes place in Whoppix, which describes itself thusly:
Whoppix is a stand alone penetration testing live cd based on Knoppix. With the latest tools and exploits, it is a must for every penetration tester and security auditor.
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Source: New Scientist - Posted by Pax Dickinson
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Cryptographers have discovered a way to hack Bluetooth-enabled devices even when security features are switched on. The discovery may make it even easier for hackers to eavesdrop on conversations and charge their own calls to someone else’s cellphone.
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Source: Security Pipeline - Posted by Pax Dickinson
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Best Buy reports that its most frequently returned products are Wi-Fi networking gear. While many end users want the benefits of Wi-Fi, apparently very few can figure out how to set the wireless security features and get them working properly. Even experienced networking pros have trouble configuring security on today's Wi-Fi networks.
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Source: CNET News - Posted by Pax Dickinson
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VeriSign plans to significantly increase the number of DNS servers it operates, a move that it says will make a key part of the Internet's infrastructure more resilient to cyberattacks.
Over the next year, VeriSign aims to place additional replicas of one of its Domain Name System root servers--the "J"--in up to 100 data centers around the world, Aristotle Balogh, VeriSign's senior vice president of operations and infrastructure, said in an interview with CNET News.com on Thursday. The company runs two of the DNS root servers--the "A" is the other--that form an essential part of the Internet's naming system.
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Source: Security Pipeline - Posted by Pax Dickinson
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Use of public wireless hotspots is increasing, giving mobile workers and others access to essential data. The bad news: Security threats against hotspot users also are increasing.
That's the word from Richard Rushing and he should know since he is chief security officer for AirDefense, which specializes in security of mobile workers.
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Source: Security Pipeline - Posted by Pax Dickinson
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Wireless LANs utilize radio waves for transporting information, which results in security vulnerabilities that justifiably worry network managers. To assuage those worries, most companies implement authentication and encryption to harden security.
However, WLANs have a whole host of other vulnerabilities that can be more difficult to completely smother such as illicit monitoring, unauthorized access, and denial of service (DoS) attacks. For example, someone using a wireless sniffer, such as the freely-available NetStumbler, can easily monitor wireless traffic for fun or malicious intent while sitting in their car next to your office building.
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Source: TechTarget.com - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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To manage risk, maintain razor-sharp security architecture and still enjoy a peaceful night's sleep, security professionals at this week's InfoSec World conference offered this advice: Know your limits, speak the boss's language and embrace change.
It also wouldn't hurt to learn the 80/20 principle -- the theory of 19th-century economist-mathematician Vilfredo Pareto that 20% of what you do makes 80% of the difference. |
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Source: SearchSecurity - Posted by Pax Dickinson
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A stolen laptop made public last week by the University of California, Berkeley contained unencrypted personal data on nearly 100,000 graduate students and applicants and is just the latest case to underscore the need for increased protection of personal information.
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