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Microsoft 'frightened' by police XP hack
News At a Get Safe Online event on Monday aimed at heightening security awareness among small businesses, officers connected a machine running Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) to an unsecured wireless network.
[November 13, 2007, 10:26]
Secure wireless workers
News The same guide should detail how to enable WEP security on home wireless networks and require that it be enabled for any wireless hub used to connect to the corporate network. Part of the income goes to supporting one of the largest wireless...
[August 15, 2002, 9:47]
Chipmaker gets a jump on safer wireless
News Nearly all wireless networks, which let people connect computers and other electronic devices without using wires, use the 802.11b standard.b transmits its signals in a crowded spectrum shared by transmissions from microwave ovens, security...
[March 12, 2002, 17:09]
Simple Cisco VMS
News VMS adds AAA (authentication, authorisation, accounting) security services for VPNs and wireless connections. You also need to worry about implementing security at the cat 6 cage if you've got switches, your SAN, wireless remote access, VPNs -- all...
[October 9, 2002, 9:53]
Wireless LAN sales surge as prices plummet
News But he warned against buyers settling for products based on incomplete security standards, saying they should instead "employ standard wireless LAN networks and provide security at higher layers. The lack of a security standard has been one of the...
[June 16, 2003, 9:54]
Q&A: Bell Labs eyes broadband's future
News So we had IPsec (a wireless security standard that's short for "Internet protocol security"), and we've since developed an approach called IP SuperSEC. A: The most exciting thing is probably securing high-speed wireless data.
[June 13, 2003, 13:24]
BTopenworld / Linksys Instant Wireless Network Access Point review
Reviews This is a set of tabbed pages covering the wired and wireless interfaces, security and operational mode settings. VAT), there are USB and PC Card wireless network adapters in the range. The Instant Wireless Network Access Point is used to connect a...
[September 3, 2002, 10:20]
Finalists for 2008 CNET tech awards revealed
News Ruckus Wireless — ZoneFlex 802.11n Smart Wireless LAN System Ruckus Wireless — Ruckus SmartMesh (TM) Technology Cable & Wireless — Fixed-Mobile Convergence Websense — Websense® Data Security Suite v 6.5
[August 18, 2008, 16:35]
HP ProCurve Wireless Edge Services zl Module review
Reviews These settings are then automatically distributed to up to 48 ProCurve Radio Port devices, which act as wireless access points and allow Wi-Fi-equipped PCs to connect to the LAN infrastructure. Clearly this approach is attractive to organisations...
[December 18, 2007, 8:03]
Netgear WG511T 108Mbps wireless PC Card review
Reviews The utility also lets you set up separate connection profiles for the different wireless networks you connect to, which saves you the hassle of having to re-enter encryption keys or other security information each time you change networks.
[January 26, 2004, 8:20]
Nokia and Moto Open to Anything?
Blog Sure the move to open wireless paves the way for a complete violation of handset level cellular security, but it completely validates the mobile security market as a stand alone industry too. The wireless service providers and the handset...
[October 26, 2007, 17:46]
Wireless deployment at enterprise level
News Wireless deployment at enterprise level is a very different matter from wireless on a smaller scale, which will usually involve deploying a single or a few WAPs throughout an organisation. This feature will look at how wireless can scale up to the...
[September 14, 2006, 15:40]
Security: The never-ending battle
News The wireless standards were created without the input from the security folks. If security engineers were engaged in the development of the standard from the beginning, we would have WPA type of security from day one and this would have sped up...
[May 20, 2005, 17:40]
Mobile TS
Downloads Mobile TS takes advantage of the new wireless enabled handhelds, high-resolution screens, and DPad controls, to allow a rich user experience.Windows Vista computers running Remote Desktop Servers are now supported, with version 1.7.Internet...
[December 3, 2003, 7:00]
D-Link DI-624 AirPlus Xtreme G review
Reviews The browser-based tool itself includes a five-step setup wizard that automatically detects your Internet connection and configures security for your wireless network. The DI-624 heaps on wireless security features.
[January 7, 2004, 11:25]
CommWarrior guns for Nokias
News CommWarrior attempts to spread by sending messages via Bluetooth wireless connections and Multimedia Message Service - different from the Cabir virus, which only used Bluetooth to proliferate. It can be sent to any kind of wireless gadget or...
[March 8, 2005, 8:00]
Think before you type review
Reviews Yet people who have adopted wireless-enabled notebooks as their sole computer often don't recognise the security risks when shifting from using their notebook at home to a public network. But to be on guard against an evil-twin attack in public...
[September 18, 2006, 10:15]
Windows Wi-Fi attack discovered
News If the computer can't set up a wireless connection, it will establish an ad hoc connection to a local address. Wireless Network Properties | Advanced | Network Access Point | Choose Windows associates this address with the SSID of the last wireless...
[January 16, 2006, 15:55]
Smile, you're on Wi-Fi
News This product is among the first devices to combine digital videography and wireless LANs (local area networks) that use the Wi-Fi, or 802.11b, standard. Jupiter analyst Dylan Brooks thinks major camera manufacturers are waiting for the next...
[July 10, 2002, 8:58]
Battle for the mobile space heats up
News Tues 19 Feb: Symbian OS 7.0, announced at 3GSM, means we will soon be seeing mobile phones and wireless PDAs that mix 3G features with Java and some crucial security features Wed 20 Feb: Fujitsu has formed an alliance with Sagem of France to...
[February 19, 2002, 13:28]
