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Wi-Fi Penetration Tester In Your Pocket

Posted by kdawson on from the happy-to-see-me? dept.

00*789*00 writes "ZDNet has a story about the public launch of Immunity's Silica, a portable hacking device that can search for and join 802.11 (Wi-Fi) access points, scan other connections for open ports, and automatically launch code execution exploits from a built-in exploit platform."

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  1. Ummm, yeah. by Vengeance · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope y'all don't mind if I won't keep a penetration tester in my back pocket, mmm'kay?

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    1. Re:Ummm, yeah. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      "I've got something in my front pocket for youuuuu..."

  2. ob. mae west reference by hey! · · Score: 5, Funny

    is that a penetration tester in your pocket or are you happy to see me?

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    1. Re:ob. mae west reference by The+Zon · · Score: 4, Funny

      a portable hacking device that can scan other connections for open ports, and automatically launch code execution exploits from a built-in exploit platform.
      That's what she said!
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    2. Re:ob. mae west reference by romland · · Score: 4, Funny

      It could have been funny if the editor had not already made the joke in the 'dept' line.

      But, to answer your question. Am I happy to see you? I don't know, are those a pair of boobs on your chest?

  3. Honeypot Reverse Attack by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    \\sharedstuff\My Super Secret Incriminating Documents Conveniently Zipped For You.exe

    1. Re:Honeypot Reverse Attack by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, forgive me: /usr/home/hax0r/My Super Secret Incriminating Documents Conveniently Zipped For You.MP5-R12.1.0.2.3.1.1-ALPHA.tar.gz

    2. Re:Honeypot Reverse Attack by benhocking · · Score: 5, Funny

      \home\me\optimize_linux_no_this_is_not_rm_rf

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    3. Re:Honeypot Reverse Attack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "Oh, forgive me: /usr/home/hax0r/ ..."

      Joking aside, a user account's /home directory in the system /usr directory? Must be a Windows person who loves spaces in file names.

    4. Re:Honeypot Reverse Attack by Hamoohead · · Score: 4, Funny

      /usr/home/hax0r/My\ Super\ Secret\ Incriminating\ Documents\ Conveniently\ Zipped\ For\ You.MP5-R12.1.0.2.3.1.1-ALPHA.tar.gz

      There. Fixed it for you.

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  4. I believe... by russotto · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...it was Dr. Fronk who said, "Well, I guess it pretty much can only be used for evil".

  5. Recipe for bad humour by multisync · · Score: 5, Funny

    Post an article on slashdot with the words "penetrate" and "open ports" in the summary.

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  6. Gotta wonder... by catdevnull · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gotta wonder about a picture of a chick with "penetration testing" as a caption.

    God, I love IT.

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  7. Automated intrusion software by sshore · · Score: 5, Funny

    Over the last year or so, I've considered writing an automated wireless network intrusion tool. It would:

    • capture encrypted packets and attempt to crack wep/wpa keys
    • join wireless networks, enumerate targets
    • retrieve files of interest from shares or recover them from packet dumps
    • launch code attacks, like this tool does

    You'd run it on a laptop that you'd carry in your backpack or in your car, on your way to/from work or just cruising around on a Sunday afternoon.

    As such, it would be called the Transient Wireless Intrusion Tool, or TWIT. I just get a charge out of network security people writing about twits wandering around near the network.

    1. Re:Automated intrusion software by mrzaph0d · · Score: 5, Funny

      Even worse would be Transient Wireless Attack Tool...

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  8. Now just combine that with OLPC by kabocox · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to see someone program that for the OLPC laptop. I could easily envision a slashdotter transforming a simple educational device into a hightech potentially offensive military IT resource and giving it to 3rd world kids.

  9. How did they know??? by master_p · · Score: 4, Funny

    I already have a wife penetration tester in my pocket, thank you very much.

    1. Re:How did they know??? by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now all you need is a wife. :)

      Hey! I tease! Put that thing down!

  10. This doesn't change anything. by pseudosero · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should still keep your wifi open... a criminal needs to be in geographic proximity. wow. This is so much worse than someone on the other side of the country being able to break into your machine. Honestly, if we all keep our wifis open it'll be better in the long run. I don't know why it just will be i swear.

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  11. Re:What I like to do... by drooling-dog · · Score: 4, Funny

    You wouldn't happen to be the guy next door to me, would you?

  12. Penetration Tester in your Pocket 7333482 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    For a moment there, I thought I was going to have to implement spam filtering on my RSS feed from Slashdot.

  13. Actually... by StressGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's the same bad joke over and over again until somebody post one of the following....

    "In Soviet Russia - Open Ports Penetrate You!"

    or..."my back door is impenetrable YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD!!!"

    or...perhaps a reference to a Beowulf cluster-f%@k

    or...something ending in .... PROFIT!

    then we all get sick of it.

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  14. The story is: Linux is great by daveaitel · · Score: 2, Funny

    The take on this story SHOULD be that it's possible to have a small company choose embedded Linux to deploy innovative and interesting applications on. We could have chosen Windows Mobile, of course, but Linux was technically the better choice. That's the important part here. Open Source tools get you to market faster and cheaper.

  15. Re:Vista by Pinback · · Score: 2, Funny

    My buddy secured his neighbor's WAP on accident. He thought he was configuring his own.

    The neighbor was confused when told that his router now had a WEP key in place.