Wi-Fi Penetration Tester In Your Pocket

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."

Comments

The cost is too high, get a Zaurus

[Anonymous Coward]

For $3,600, I think it's way over priced. Use a laptop, or home brew a similar device with a mcuh cheaper Zaurus:

http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?submenu=zaurus/zauru sheader&page=zaurus/zaurusmain

Skip the Zaurus...

[Svartalf]

It's a $3600 Nokia WebPad with custom software on it.

Considering the new WebPads and all being available and supported (unlike the Zaurus...), I think I'll go with that instead...

Re:Skip the Zaurus...

[Tony Hoyle]

$3600 for something to detect wireless networks?

For half that money you could get a fully fledged laptop with builtin wireless and run any tools you liked.

From the summary I was expecting a $50 pocket device.

egh

[Anonymous Coward]

yup, its a nokia 770, with software that costs about $2600. BARGAIN.

the only thing the nokia 770 isnt really capable of already is packet injection, so does that mean they're charging that much money for a product sticker, an injection-capable wifi driver, and some easy front ends to already existing (and compiled for debian / arm / maemo) wifi software?

ill compile a driver for a capable usb wifi card or wait for a monitor mode / packet injection patch for the 770's wifi chipset to become freely available, thanks

Re:Vista

[mrchaotica]

Just secure it for him yourself. When he suddenly can't access it because you've enabled WPA, he'll understand the importance of security.

(And if he gets upset with you, tell him "just be glad I didn't download a bunch of kiddy pr0n and try to hack the NSA with it!")