InfoSec World 2010
If you’re heading down to Orlando in April for InfoSec World, please consider checking out the demo session on auditing wireless networks that I’m doing with Lisa Phifer. Using Free Tools to Assess and Audit Your Wi-Fi Network Lisa A. Phifer, President, Core Competence, Inc. Diana Kelley, Partner, SecurityCurve Date: Monday, 19 April 2010 Time: 10:30am – 12pm •...
Read More“revenue and sales growth apart”">Researcher Dell’Oro Group on Wi-Fi: “revenue and sales growth apart”
“During Q2, worldwide shipments of 802.11-based kit were up six per cent on the first quarter’s figure and a massive 69 per cent up on the same period last year. However, Wi-Fi revenues totalled $149 million during the quarter up just two per cent from Q1′s total of $146 million, and ten per cent above Q2 2002′s $134.1 million.” In other words, more units are...
Read MoreAirDefense adds 802.11g Support
Wireless IDS vendor, AirDefense, released a version of their intrusion detection software that supports 802.11g (or Airport Extreme for Mac OS users) this week. The company also enhanced their product with the ability to push policies to remote access points and graphical mapping of the wireless network. Tools that map wireless networks are welcome in the market. Not only do they offer a...
Read MoreIntel and Linksys/Cisco v. the WiFi Alliance?
The Register has an article up commenting on Intel/Linksys’ (now owned by Cisco) announcement of the “Verified with Intel Centrino mobile technology” label. Whether the announcement is truly a bid from Intel and Cisco to replace the functionality of the WiFi Alliance with a more vendor specific approach remains to be seen. But the article does raise some interesting...
Read MoreThe Worldwide War Drive is On! Do You Care?
The third World War Drive, organized by the WWWD is in process with findings to be presented at DefCon in Las Vegas later this month. But what exactly is a ‘war drive’ and do you care? “War Driving” is the process of driving around with a client device such as a laptop or PDA with an installed WNIC (wireless NIC) , ‘detection software’ – software, such...
Read MoreWi-Fi Interesecting Other Protocols">Wi-Fi Interesecting Other Protocols
“Wi-Fi is hot, but it’s not the only wireless network in town. To help integrate and manage the variety of wireless platforms and protocols available to enterprise users, several vendors are readying WLAN products that support not only Wi-Fi but Bluetooth and WANs as well. At the 802.11 Planet show here last week, Red-M Communications Ltd. introduced Red-Alert, a wireless probe that...
Read MoreWhy Centrino and VPNs Don’t Mix">Why Centrino and VPNs Don’t Mix
More woes for Intel’s Centrino with VPNs. Originally, reports were that using Centrino with only the Nortel VPN caused a Blue Screen of Death on Windows clients. But it appears the problem may be even larger and affect VPNs from other vendors as well. Intel’s recommendation is for users to disable the Adapter Switching Feature – that’s the one that supports automatic...
Read MoreCisco’s WLAN Management Offering">Cisco’s WLAN Management Offering
While most WLAN switch vendors, such as Aruba, Symbol, and Trapeze are going direct after the WLAN market, Cisco has announced WLAN management features for their existing switching products. Sounds great, especially for enterprises already invested in Cisco switch solutions. But hold on, there’s a bit more to the story. The Cisco WLAN switch works with ‘more intelligent’...
Read MoreWi-Fi Coming to a Nokia Near You">Wi-Fi Coming to a Nokia Near You
Nokia has announced they’ll start shipping Wi Fi capability on their phones.
Read MoreHeartening News from the Home WLAN front
In a recent email, Lisa Phifer writes: “Sometime last week my neighbor installed a new AP, so when AirDefense spotted it, it was news to me. That prompted me to take a little drive around the neighborhood, AirMagnet in hand. Would you believe that the highest concentration of WLANs is on my little street (6 homes out of 32 in the neighborhood) – and that’s not counting my own...
Read MoreUnlicensed Wireless: License to Attack?">Unlicensed Wireless: License to Attack?
I’d go a little farther on this one, it’s not just unlicensed wireless that’s vulnerable, it’s any WLAN that isn’t using strong authentication, ACLs, and encyption to protect the data in transit.
Read MorePublic Wi-Fi has look and feel of a dead duck">Public Wi-Fi has look and feel of a dead duck
The always tart “Register” calls out the problems with T-Mobile’s wi-fi from Starbucks business model. It didn’t work for the now defunct MobileStar either…
Read MoreWireless spam: Some fighting it successfully">Wireless spam: Some fighting it successfully
“Spam is already
Read MoreRealNetworks launches mobile media service">RealNetworks launches mobile media service
“RealNetworks Inc. launched Monday a new service that delivers music, sports, news and entertainment audio and video to mobile phones and handheld computers running its software, the digital media software maker said.” Nothing specific about security in the article, but it begs the question of how to protect the information (music) in transit from theft. In future having an MP3...
Read MoreAir Safety">Air Safety
“First-generation wireless networking placed you between a rock and a hard place. Should you cave in and deploy a WLAN, despite well-documented protocol vulnerabilities and rampant threats? Or should you try to ban wireless, despite its business advantages and the unnerving suspicion that rogue access points (APs) will crop up anyway?” Check out Lisa Phifer’s excellent primer on...
Read MoreWi-Fi Alliance drives improved WLAN security">Wi-Fi Alliance drives improved WLAN security
“The Wi-Fi Alliance, guardian of 802.11 wireless networking interoperability, has announced the first set of products that meet its Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security specification. WPA, a subset of the 801.11i WLAN security specification, is set to replace the creaky Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) scheme used by wireless clients and base-stations to encrypt data to date. 802.11i is due...
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