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July 21, 2003

Hackers War Drive into Wireless


My spin: If you've got wireless networking in your office, make sure you secure it - and secure it well. It's much easier to sniff for a wireless network and then get to work on breaking into it than a wired network - in some ways.

News Clip: With the proliferation of 802.11b technology, Wi-Fi has emerged as a hot topic at DEFCON. A number of wireless events are scheduled to take place at the notorious computer-hacker conference, including a contest to demonstrate the longest-distance 2.4 GHz link, a search for Wi-Fi hot spots across Las Vegas, and plenty of 802.11b security presentations.
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