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Wireless LAN Security: What Hackers Know That You Don’t

White Papers This paper advocates a layered approach to wireless LAN security that goes beyond new encryption and authentication standards to include 24x7 monitoring to identify rogue wireless LANs, detect intruders and attacks, enforce network security...

[March 16, 2005, 23:00]

Home LANs Risk Accidental Hacks

News Someone, somewhere close by, is hacking into your wireless LAN, but it might not be malicious. You are at home late one night, upgrading some software on your wireless LAN. As well as some all-in-one security products designed for the small home...

[September 19, 2002, 9:03]

Wireless Networks Lure Hackers

News Newer 128-bit wireless LAN (local area network) cards are fairly strong. Find out in ZDNet UK's Viruses and Hacking News Section. A new way to attack wireless networks underscores the lack of security for PC owners using the airwaves to connect...

[July 13, 2001, 9:18]

Buffalo AirStation WBR-G54 review

Reviews Our tests showed that, like all wireless LAN equipment we've examined, the throughput of this 802.11g system is less than the stated data rate (54Mbps in this case). On the right-hand side are activity LEDs for each of the LAN ports.

[January 24, 2003, 17:04]

Actiontec Wireless-Ready Multimedia Home Gateway review

Reviews Then you plug in the power supply and connect the cable from your broadband modem to the gateway's LAN port. Neither does it send email alerts of hacking attacks. Just remember that a complete wireless network will cost you extra, and you may want...

[November 18, 2001, 23:00]

Wi-Fi 'wartrappers' Snare The Drive-by Hackers

News The honeypot will be a laptop with a Prism wireless LAN card, which can act as a Wi-Fi access point. For all security-related news, including updates on the latest viruses, hacking exploits and patches, check out ZDNet UK's Security News Section.

[October 9, 2002, 12:21]

Heard Of Drive-by Hacking? Meet Drive-by Spamming

News Between 60 and 80 percent of corporate wireless networks are insecure, Wright warned, often because IT managers fail to change default settings when they install a wireless LAN. Detractors, though, have warned that warchalking could encourage...

[September 5, 2002, 16:54]

Enterasys Secures Enterprise VoIP

News With the security of IP-based networks increasingly coming under the microscope — because converged networks face the same hacking threats as data networks — Enterasys is aiming to match the security offered by traditional PBX platforms.

[August 22, 2007, 11:52]