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Re: [OM] WiFi viruses Was: Computers

Subject: Re: [OM] WiFi viruses Was: Computers
From: WayneS <olympus@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:44:27 -0500
Many wifi routers have have a pin for easy wpa configuration that can be 
cracked. Password cracking is also on the rise. I put the wifi on a separate 
subnet zone.

http://sviehb.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/wi-fi-protected-setup-pin-brute-force-vulnerability/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57579981-83/top-wi-fi-routers-easy-to-hack-says-study/

Wayne Sparinoid

At 2/26/2014 11:16 AM, you wrote:
>Forget it - seems they want you to login.  I didn't but there's probably a
>cookie letting me in.
>
>The gist of it is:
>Contagious airborne WiFi virus
>demonstrated<http://email.ietinfo.org/c/116q9A5B6YuyVCDA2pAGAL5Rm1>
>
>
>A virus that spreads through WiFi networks as efficiently as a cold spreads
>between humans has been demonstrated by researchers.
>
>Sorry,
>jez
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