The project has started as part of National Consumer Fraud Week, with Queensland Police focusing on wardriving, because they see unsecured wireless networks as a channel for fraudsters to easily gain ...

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Nicholas Tombros admitted driving around Venice, Calif., last year, searching for unprotected hot spots–an activity called “wardriving”–and exploiting them to distribute unsolicited e-mail that ...

One of the most interesting events I attended in 2016 was the “Hold the Backdoor” security conference at the 12th Ekoparty (covered on WeLiveSecurity). Day two brought with it a new seminar on ...

As one of the “hip” IT topics, wireless networking is getting a lot of exposure from the book publishing companies. We’ve reviewed quite a lot of books dealing with security implications of wireless ...

Late last month the Queensland Police started a new project to highlight the urgent need for secure wireless internet connections. The “wardriving” project involves police driving the streets of ...

Wardriving refers to driving around a selected location searching for wireless local area networks (WLAN). The implications are huge, since through wardriving, details about open and secure networks ...

Chaskar says determined hackers will not just drive by, they will dive in WarDrive in action (top), with resulting available network map (bottom) WarDriving has been around almost since the advent of ...

When WiFi first came out, it was a super exciting time. The technology was new, and quite a bit less secure back then—particularly if not configured properly. That gave rise to the practice of ...

Memorize this: a5d1tmI#9DWSFX`/ksbo"RZ"l`SN`ito%b)Bel*B_EiCZ)q-h/`VF"3Gb_CM#TT. Got it? You might want to try because that's the kind of password you'll need if you ...