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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Networks

Queensland Police Targetting Wi-Fi Freeloaders

10:44AM Nick Broughall | Have you been downloading gigabytes of porn off your neighbours unsecured Wi-Fi connection? Do you live in Queensland? Then you could be all out of luck, with a report by Asher Moses at the SMH Brett Winterford at ITNews that Queensland police will be pro-actively seeking out unsecured wireless networks to warn homes and businesses that they are open to fraud and identity theft. More »
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Gadgets

WPA Wi-Fi Security Gets Cracked; Your Network is No Longer Secure

1:15AM Adam Frucci | When it came to setting up Wi-Fi networks, if you knew what you were doing you would enable WPA security. This would keep people with a small amount of knowledge from gaining access to your network, which is very easy with the much weaker WEP security. No more! WPA security has now been cracked, rendering all but the most tightly-locked networks open for hacking. More »
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