After hearing about new information on the TJ Maxx (and subsidiaries) data breach pretty much on a daily basis, one can’t help but imagine how all of the credit cards were stolen. Did the criminals have insiders to give them leverage on the payment scanners? How did social engineering play a role in it […]

A lot of people are still pretty ambiguous to this attack, but it is becoming more popular as new audiences engage in wireless technologies. Hackers and the like create their own ‘wi-fi hotspots’ that they try to get people to connect to. Using tempting SSID’s such as ‘free wifi’ or ‘free internet access’, […]

There are always new tools coming out in the security realm, so this really isn’t anything new. The tool is called Ferret and it has the capability of capturing data being passed from 25 different protocols. Yeah, this may sound like geek-speak to some, but if people with malicious intent get a hold […]

I’m going to cast my vote as ‘no’. It’s like this article states; companies are more focused on producing the technology and making it function properly than its security. This is pretty sad to think about, because these decisions will eventually come back to the company that produced the technology, but this time […]

It seems that more and more people are talking about this, which can only mean more and more people are falling victim to this scheme. If you are ever at an airport and you find some hotspot with an SSID of ‘free wifi’ or something similar, you probably shouldn’t connect to it. These ‘free’ hotspots […]

In fact, Symantec calls it ‘drive-by pharming’ since it can be done simply by being within the router’s range (providing all of the correct variables are in place). If the router has the default password, all a hacker needs to do is look it up on the Internet (which can be done by a […]

If you have never heard about it, the whole trend of eavesdropping on wireless connections (”sniffing”) is picking up… especially at airports. With all of the layovers and delayed flights, wireless Internet can be a godsend. Then again, it could be your worst nightmare, especially if you connect to an “artificial” access point, […]

All I can say about this is thank God the Navy understands the repercussions of insecure wireless LANs. Especially when it comes to the military, extremely sensitive data and information is at stake, and you don’t want just anyone to be able to waltz into a wireless LAN and have a look around. […]

Yeah, it is that bad. While this does not necessarily affect personal Wi-Fi’s (even though it should), it ought to knock some sense into businesses to secure their access points. This law will go into affect in New York and California and will lead to fines if insecure access points are discovered on […]