My love for xkcd comics has influenced me to write this modified autoconfig “cracking” tool that cracks Wifi WEP password from your neighbors, exactly the way shown in xkcd comic number 416…

Here is the tool in action…

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Subnotebooks like the Asus Eee PC, the Dell Mini 9 and the HP 2133 Mini-note will soon cost as little as $99. The catch? You’ll need to commit to a two-year mobile broadband contract. The low cost will come courtesy of a subsidy identical to the one you already get with your cell phone.
The Wall [...]

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WiFi is no longer secure enough to protect wireless data.
Global Secure Systems has said that a Russian’s firm’s use of the latest NVidia graphics cards to accelerate WiFi ‘password recovery’ times by up to an astonishing 10,000 per cent proves that WiFi’s WPA and WPA2 encryption systems are no longer enough to protect wireless data.
David [...]

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Open source attack code framework gets even more automated to make exploits point and click. Testers, start your browsers.

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You’re putting your company’s data at risk when you connect to a hotel network, according to a new study examining Internet connections at U.S. hotels.
The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University surveyed nearly 150 hotels and then conducted on-site vulnerability testing on a sampling of about 50 hotels. About 20 percent of the nearly [...]

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Criminals exploit wireless vulnerabilities, social engineering to collect large volumes of customer data.

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If you use someone else’s WiFi signal without permission, you’re a thief. That’s the conclusion of a bill introduced into the Maryland General Assembly last week. Sponsored by Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., the legislation would criminalize the unauthorized use of a wireless access point in the state; it has since received an “unfavorable report” [...]

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