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How to defeat the wardriving spamlords

...hundred thousand a day should do it. With these measures in place, wardriving will be a thing of the past – and the sleepy town of... Read more

1 October, 2004 by Leader

Wardriving sparks wireless treasure hunt

...networks around New Zealand is planning to take a break and turn wardriving into a game Read more

14 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

UK's lax wireless security threatens TJX-style hack

...driving around in search of wireless networks susceptible to hacking — so-called 'wardriving'. The defendants are accused of stealing more than 40 million credit- and... Read more

7 August, 2008 by Nick Heath

Wi-Fi 'wartrappers' snare the drive-by hackers

...give an idea of the level of the much discussed threat of "wardriving", where hackers outside an office gain access to unsecured wireless access points... Read more

9 October, 2002 by Peter Judge

Heard of drive-by hacking? Meet drive-by spamming

...install a wireless LAN. This has already led to the practice of wardriving, where people drive around cities looking for insecure wireless LANs, and warchalking... Read more

5 September, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Bluesocket scans the spectrum for wardriving

Security firm Bluesocket has launched a product that aims to protect an enterprise's wireless networks from unwanted visitors Read more

20 July, 2004 by Munir Kotadia
Johnny Appleseed: <endeca_term>Wardriving</endeca_term> to Reduce Interference in Chaotic Wireless Deployments

Johnny Appleseed: Wardriving to Reduce Interference in Chaotic Wireless Deployments

Many areas have dense deployments of 802.11 wireless access points, often with little or no planning of the best choices... Read more

31 October, 2008

Hacker pleads guilty to ID thefts worth millions

...in August 2008 of breaking into retail credit-card payment systems using wardriving (searching for unsecured wireless networks while driving by with a laptop), and... Read more

14 September, 2009 by Elinor Mills
PrettyMap - World Atlas and Maps, Elevation Relief, GPS support, POI editor 6.0

PrettyMap - World Atlas and Maps, Elevation Relief, GPS support, POI editor 6.0

...maps of various planetssupports GPS, logging GPS locations, "follow GPS" mode, WiFi wardriving and export to KML/GPXGPS fleet tracking service: PrettyMap can regularly report... Read more

3 December, 2008

Alleged TJX hackers charged

...Gonzalez and co-conspirators obtained the credit- and debit-card numbers by 'wardriving', or touring around testing wireless computer networks for vulnerabilities, then hacking into... Read more

6 August, 2008 by Tom Espiner
Security and wireless networking

Security and wireless networking

The security of wireless networks is often overlooked, particularly in smaller businesses and in the home. Here's a guide to the issues, and some best-practice suggestions. Read more

23 July, 2007 by Terry Relph Knight

Does Wi-Fi security matter?

...the researchers. "Did you try to exploit the systems?" Hottell said the wardriving team had not attempted to hack any systems or read any network... Read more

27 June, 2006 by Tom Espiner

'Wardriver' first to be convicted under US anti-spam law

...Venice, California, last year, searching for unprotected hot spots -- an activity called "wardriving" -- and exploiting them to distribute unsolicited e-mail that advertised pornographic Web... Read more

1 October, 2004 by Richard Shim

Canadian arrest highlights the dangers of Wi-Fi

...open Wi-Fi ports while in a car, a practice known as "wardriving", is a simple task with the proper radio scanning equipment. Once a... Read more

1 December, 2003 by Richard Shim

Software tool steals data via Bluetooth

...enabled devices equipment is likely to follow the trend of Wi-Fi wardriving, in which people try to identify inadequately secured networks by driving around... Read more

15 August, 2003 by Staff

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