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Old 01-29-2009, 10:41 PM   #1
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LXer: Simulated Wi-Fi Worm Infects Thousands Of Routers Overnight


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Wi-Fi networks make an excellent breeding ground for worms and other malware, according to a newly published university study. According to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, four researchers at Indiana University in Bloomington conducted a series of simulated malware attacks on Wi-Fi networks in seven U.S. cities that produced an epidemic spreading to thousands of Wi-Fi routers in less than 24 hours. A simulated attack in New York infected more than 18,000 wireless routers in a two-week time span.

[The FOSS angle? Don't trust closed routers. Grab a copy of Carla's cookbook and build an open, Linux-based access point. -- Sander]



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