Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3913-1006665853-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 24 Nov 2001 21:27:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 16748 invoked by uid 510); 25 Nov 2001 05:22:44 -0000 Received: from n35.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.85) by all.net with SMTP; 25 Nov 2001 05:22:44 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3913-1006665853-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.1.222] by n35.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Nov 2001 05:24:13 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 25 Nov 2001 05:24:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 40201 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2001 05:24:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m4.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Nov 2001 05:24:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Nov 2001 05:24:12 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fAP5Pjv13746 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 21:25:45 -0800 Message-Id: <200111250525.fAP5Pjv13746@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 21:25:45 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Firms.'leaving.back.door.open.to.hackers'] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Firms 'leaving back door open to hackers' Richard Wray, The Guardian (UK), 11/16/2001 http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,595662,00.html Confidential information is leaking out of offices throughout London as companies make use of new technology that enables computers to be connected up to a network without the use of wires. As well as opening themselves up to hackers, major City firms could be in breach of data protection rules if they allow personal data to be intercepted. Earlier this month a team of security experts, using a laptop and a mobile device costing just £130, walked the streets of the capital to try to pick up data being carried over wireless local area networks (WLANS). The technology allows computers and other devices within a 60-200 metre radius from a transmitter to be connected to a company's network and is increasingly being used by firms with mobile workforces and 'hot-desking' policies. However, the signal often spreads beyond the walls of the office and can be picked up on the pavement outside. With proper security in place the information is secure, but the team discovered that two-thirds of the 124 WLANS located in and around the City and Canary Wharf, had no security protection at all. Tim Pickard, the strategic marketing director at software security firm RSA Security, which commissioned the survey from security consultants Orthus, said major firms that have spent heavily to protect themselves from internet hackers have left a back door open. "This is very worrying. These are major organisations who are broadcasting personal information, intellectual property and their corporate data," he said. The survey team discovered the largest concentration of WLANs in the City, with just half of the 48 signals detected found to be protected. The least secure networks were found in Clerkenwell, the centre of London's dot.com industry, where just three of the 18 signals discovered were protected. RSA refused to name the companies leaking unsecure information, stressing it had not examined any of the data captured. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! Includes black and color ink. http://us.click.yahoo.com/r9F0cB/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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