FEATURE STORY Insights into the latest wireless LAN security issues WLANs at CTIA Fall Short of Secure Touted as the largest wireless conference, CTIA attracted leading wireless vendors to the Georgia World Congress Center March 22-24 providing a breeding ground for wireless interactions, security risks and network invasions. AirDefense Inc., the leader of 24x7 monitoring of wireless LANs, conducted a study of wireless LAN (WLAN) activity on March 23 identifying wireless attacks, security vulnerabilities and performance issues. AirDefense studied WLAN traffic flow at the conference over the course of four hours and found numerous risks and threats including: 25 Identity Theft Attacks Six Denial of Service Attacks 393 BlueJack Attacks including the sending of "MyDOOM," "Your Cute" and "You Have WON" viruses 45 Specific Scans to compromise Hotspot network 48 BlueSnarf, a tool to connect to an unsecured device to gain access to restricted portions of data Click to Read the Full Story.

WLAN Security Highlights Industry News from leading information providers WLAN Dos and Don'ts (ZDNet - Mar 30, 2004) Mobility comes at a price. There are some fundamental guidelines that need to be followed for secure wireless networking. Most IT managers should have got their heads around the obvious security issues thrown up by the Internet but now there's a new challenge: wireless.  ... read more Wi-Fi signals turn up in some unexpected places (USA Today - Mar. 29, 2004) Anyone can get their kicks on Route 66 - but on Highway 101, you can get Wi-Fi in 77 places. At least that's how many wireless networks USA TODAY found while driving the highway from San Francisco to Los Angeles. We hunted for networks from a moving car using a wireless-enabled laptop and standard Microsoft Wi-Fi software, which is part of Windows. ... read more Wireless Finally Connects (CIO - Feb. 1, 2004) Seventy-five percent of our respondents are currently undertaking a wireless project. Furthermore, attitudes toward wireless technology are returning to levels last seen when the Nasdaq surpassed 5,000. Indeed, a whopping 68 percent said wireless is either important or somewhat important... read more Wi-Fi's Best Quarter Ever (Wi-Fi Planet - Feb 11, 2004) Here's a tale we're growing used to telling every few months: Last quarter (the 4th quarter of 2003, containing the all-important holiday season) was the best ever for the wireless LAN industry in terms of sales and units shipped... read more More Wireless LAN Security News >