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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 6th, 2008
  • Comments: 2

Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor

Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor is a gadget for Windows Vista and a widget that is requiring the Yahoo Widget Framework for Windows XP and Apple Macintosh OS X. It’s an application for wireless users that displays all kind of information about discovered wireless networks that are currently in reach.
The radar view seems to be the favorite [...]

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Categories: The Web, Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 2nd, 2008
  • Comments: 2

Apple and AT&T Will Learn that User Agents are no good for access control

Apple iPhone users can access the Internet free of charge through AT&T hotspots, that’s what Macrumors is reporting. That’s a great additional feature for iPhone users and apparently for everyone else as well. The way of determining if a device is eligible for free access is by checking the User Agent of the device. We [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Hacking, Security, The Web

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 22nd, 2006
  • Comments: 1

Wireless Hotspot Hacks

Did you know that it is relativly easy to phish Wi-Fi hotspot subscription credentials ? The process involves only two steps and requires a wireless network card that supports the HostAp drivers which makes it look like the signal is actually coming from a hotspot and not from an ad hoc network.

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Categories: Security

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