FEATURE STORY Insights into the latest wireless LAN security issues AirDefense Reports Lack of Security At 802.11 Expo Most WiFi users are not getting the message on how vulnerable their data is to the outside world. At the 802.11 Planet Expo in Boston, AirDefense acted as the official 802.11 Planet security provider and sniffed out evidence that showed a severe lack of wireless LAN security, while monitoring airwaves over a two day period.  AirDefense monitored all WLAN activity at the conference to identify rogue WLANs, wireless attacks, security vulnerabilities and performance issues. With stateful WLAN monitoring via wireless centers located on opposite corners of the exhibit hall, AirDefense analyzed the 523 user stations at the conference connected to 141 WLAN access points. AirDefense monitored all WLAN activity and identified usage patterns, networks bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities and multiple attacks against stations, access points and the enterprise wireless LAN ... read more   Click Here to Read the Full Story.

WLAN Security Highlights Industry News from leading information providers 10 Common Questions (& answers) On WLAN Security (SearchNetworking.com - June 30, 2003) The odds against war driving are certainly better. But radio waves in the ISM band can travel surprising distances. If you can't connect from your PDA, that's no guarantee that attackers with high-gain antennas can't eavesdrop ... read more Spammers Target Wi-Fi Security (Vnunet.com - July 18, 2003) Spammers are preparing to use the weaknesses in corporate wireless local area networks (LANs) to send out floods of unsolicited email. "Spam is not just a nuisance problem it is a security problem and inadequate protection for Wi-Fi  is very common" ... read more Wireless Web Attack (WCCO Channel 4 - Downtown Minneapolis) Watch as three hackers in downtown Minneapolis break into a major corporation’s network, in a matter of minutes, while sitting across the street. The corporation never knew what hit them and had no way to trace the intruders ... watch video clip Inside The Hacker's Tool Box (ComputerWorld - July 17, 2003) Hackers—as well as white hat researchers—are notorious for quickly breaking the new security standards soon after the standards are released and they did so again with the standards for wireless LANs. The following are a few examples of the hardware and freeware tools available on the Internet ... read more Standards Woes Plague WLAN Security (ComputerWorld - July 28, 2003) Securing a wireless LAN remains complex and costly because of immature standards and a lack of interoperability, according to a Meta Group Inc. report released last week. Several approaches have emerged over the past two years that adequately address some of the security concerns related to the original Wired Equivalent Privacy. ... read more More Wireless LAN Security News >