What a day. It started with news that hackers managed to circumvent controls in the T-Mobile G1 Android mobile phone that allowed them to install new programs and even a new operating system. A step by step tutorial has been posted on an Android developer forum. Applied incorrectly the hack could render the mobile phone [...]

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More and more users use wireless connections to connect to the Internet, many do receive a wireless lan router by default from their internet provider and forget to protect the router and the connection properly. Insecure Wireless routers are a main target not only of hackers but also of neighbours in the vicinity who like to waste your bandwidth instead of their own.

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WEP also known as Wired Equivalent Privacy was intended to provide comparable confidentiality to a traditional wired network. Several security weaknesses have been identified. Despite the weaknesses, WEP provides a level of security that can deter casual snooping.

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It´s always good to know how your wireless network could be attacked and secure it accordingly. Cracking WEP and WPA Wireless Networks explains how to use aircrack and kismet to work with WEP encrypted networks as well as static passkey WPA or WPA-PSK.

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Wireless Networks are becoming more and more common these days and lots of people are ignoring the fact that they have to secure their wireless lan. Seth Fogie from informit estimates that about 40-50% of all wireless lan users use no protection at all for their network.

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