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AusCert: 2G security holes need fixing

AusCert: 2G security holes need fixing

...Bluetooth and GSM traffic.While the risks of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth sniffing are fairly well publicised and procedures to protect against them are simple... Read more

25 November, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

YouPorn sued for checking browser history

...used. YouPorn has been sued by two users who accuse it of 'sniffing' their browser history. Photo credit: CNET News Plaintiffs David Pitner and Jared... Read more

7 December, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

Android phones vulnerable to attack, researchers say

...can be carried out over unencrypted Wi-Fi hotspots by an attacker sniffing an authentication token (authToken) used by Android devices when they communicate with... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

W3C to develop peer-to-peer browser standards

...to-peer browser communications] are not going to stop the problem of sniffing, but will make it harder to sniff traffic." Analyst Andy Buss of... Read more

6 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Twitter turns on HTTPS to counter hackers

...users the option of always encrypting their web sessions, to prevent cookie-sniffing and impersonation Read more

16 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Drone aims to eavesdrop on Wi-Fi from the sky

The prototype drone can stay in the air for about an hour and sniff Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mobile phone signals, according to the researchers who showed it off at the Black Hat security conference Read more

5 August, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

ICO: Google Wi-Fi data contained no 'meaningful details'

After asking Google to delete data it had collected from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, the ICO has asked for samples of the data, following complaints from campaign groups Read more

28 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Virgin Media puts CView packet sniffing trial on hold

Virgin Media has suspended its plan to trial a technology that allowed it to look at users' data to ascertain whether they were participating in illegal file-sharing Read more

30 September, 2010 by Jack Clark
Saluki: A High-Performance Wi-Fi <endeca_term>Sniffing</endeca_term> Program

Saluki: A High-Performance Wi-Fi Sniffing Program

...challenges. To address these challenges, the authors developed a distributed Wi-Fi sniffing program called Saluki. Compared to their previous implementation and to other available... Read more

7 July, 2010
Fluke OptiView XG Network Analysis Tablet

Fluke OptiView XG Network Analysis Tablet

...it comes at a hefty price. The OptiView XG uses basic network sniffing, SNMP, NetFlow and other management protocols to find out what's happening... Read more

3 January, 2012 by Jonathan Bennett
PRTG Network Monitor Free 12.2.1.1972

PRTG Network Monitor Free 12.2.1.1972

...s features include: up or downtime monitoring, traffic and usage monitoring, packet sniffing, fail over clustering, in-depth analysis and concise reporting. A user-friendly... Read more

28 May, 2012

The open web needs you NOW: a summary

...bit: Stop designing web sites for WebKit only. Sop WebKit-based browser sniffing . Stop recommending web sites that require one single browser. Update websites to... Read more

10 February, 2012

Twitter opens up Android SMS encryption tool

...figure in the field of computer security, having developed programs for SSL-sniffing, obfuscating traceroutes, and cracking WPA passwords via the cloud, while Anderson has... Read more

22 December, 2011 by Jack Clark

Cameron's conference Wi-Fi code calamity

...for the conference Wi-Fi. Which means anyone capable of getting within sniffing distance can get access to that network — and can start to inspect... Read more

5 December, 2011

Courts cannot order ISPs to filter P2P, ECJ rules

The European Court of Justice has ended the Scarlet v Sabam case by ruling that ISPs cannot be forced to apply indiscriminate monitoring of their customers' communications on their networks Read more

24 November, 2011 by David Meyer

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JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

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Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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