Category: Security

The wireless security technology called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a big improvement-especially as a replacement to the crippled wired equivalent privacy (WEP)-but all wireless security schemes share a problem: they're still hard to set up -- or, at least, they're hard for non-techie types. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Broadcom has teamed up with Linksys and Hewlett-Packard to bring push-button security capabilities to WiFi networks. Via [commsdesign.com]

Tiny Force Field Wireless is selling paint laced with aluminum and copper that it claims will keep wireless-network traffic within company walls. Via [informationweek.com]

A second man has been convicted in the trial that saw a 21-year-old sentenced to the longest ever prison term for a hacking conviction. Via [management.silicon.com]

Lori-Lee Savage was shocked on a recent Christmas shopping trip when her debit card was rejected for insufficient funds. Via [business.bostonherald.com]

One of three Michigan men who hacked into the national computer system of Lowe's hardware stores and tried to steal customers' credit card information was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in federal prison. Via [freep.com]

Last year a man in Canada was arrested for downloading child pornography onto his laptop, but he used someone else's wireless access point to access the illegal material. That same year federal officials accused a man from Michigan of conspiring to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores by taking...

As the popularity of wireless local-area networks (LANs) continues to grow, vendors are adopting various approaches to help commercial and government systems sniff out and detect hackers and rogue wireless access points. Via [fcw.com]

"As Wi-Fi users become accustomed to using high-speed Internet access when and where they need it, versatile tools for finding accessible Wi-Fi networks become essential," Canary Wireless co-founder Benjamin Kern said. John Yunker, an analyst at Byte Level Research, said that the features on the Canary Wireless Hotspotter device represent a big step forward. Via...

In general, attacks on wireless networks fall into four basic categories: passive attacks, active attacks, man-in-the middle attacks, and jamming attacks. Lets review what these attacks mean on a wireless network. Via [netsecurity.about.com]

BelAir Networks has released three new products designed to extend the reach, capacity, and security of Wide Area Wi-Fi networks and wireless mesh networks. Via [commsdesign.com]

Wibhu Technologies Inc., a Wi-Fi network infrastructure company founded in Pune, India, has renamed itself AirTight Networks Inc. and brought in David King as its new chairman and chief executive officer. Via [commsdesign.com]

AirTight gets funding to launch wireless-LAN firewall, and Air Defense will role out security software. Via [informationweek.com]

Security partnerships and technology advances are making it increasingly safer to keep corporate data up in the air. Via [eweek.com]

Most large UK companies are leaving their networks open to attack by failing to take wireless security seriously, newly released research has claimed. Via [vnunet.com]