03 August 2006
Warning for those using wireless connections.
Wednesday there was a demonstration in Las Vegas as the Black Hat security conference showing that a wireless connection could be hacked by another computer with a wireless card. This exploit could be used to install programs to discover passwords or read important informaton on the computer. This is not a problem with any operating system, it's a problem directly with the wireless cards. The full story can be found here.
Intel has just the day before released a patch for their wireless cards to probably prevent this type of exploit. Hopefully other companies will do the same soon.
This probably will not be such a big risk to people who use wireless networking in their homes, but for people who like to visit cafes and other places with wireless internet access, this can be a very big security risk.
Intel has just the day before released a patch for their wireless cards to probably prevent this type of exploit. Hopefully other companies will do the same soon.
This probably will not be such a big risk to people who use wireless networking in their homes, but for people who like to visit cafes and other places with wireless internet access, this can be a very big security risk.
Labels: networking, security, vulnerability, wireless
