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Steps to a Safer Wireless Network

June 22nd, 2006 · No Comments


“When you go into a wireless environment, the dangers are so much worse” than on wirelesscard1.jpga regular Internet connection, says Richard Rushing, chief security officer at security provider AirDefense.net. Florida police faced a porn paradox. They were investigating a complaint by Tallahassee Community College that someone was subscribing to porn Web sites on the school’s nickel. They traced the prurient behavior to the apartment of two women who had no criminal records and denied wrongdoing.

Investigators gave the residents the benefit of the doubt and kept on probing. They discovered that a neighbor had hacked into the women’s wireless network and connected his computer to theirs [all the while getting his fill of porn, illegally billing a college account].

Turns out, the women had never changed the password on their router, giving the intruder easy access to their wireless fidelity, or Wi-Fi, connection. "If you run Wi-Fi you need to take the time to secure it," says Bob Breeden, assistant special agent in charge at the Florida Law Enforcement Dept. The Florida residents are hardly alone. Their experience is replicated countless times across the country on a daily basis. Most people don’t even know when their Wi-Fi is stolen, Breeden says. Steps to a Safer Wireless Network - Wireless Tech - NewsFactor Network

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