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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."
I hope y'all don't mind if I won't keep a penetration tester in my back pocket, mmm'kay?
It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
is that a penetration tester in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
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For $3,600, I think it's way over priced. Use a laptop, or home brew a similar device with a mcuh cheaper Zaurus:
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http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?submenu=zaurus/zaur
... is leave dozens of wireless routers lying around, switched on, broadcasting trivially encrypted 'networks' to the surroundings - except not have anything connected to them. No internet, no servers, no ethernet cable, nothing.
The real network is hidden, strongly encrypted and using 802.11n. Beat that, hackers!
Tedious Bloggy Stuff - hooray?
...it was Dr. Fronk who said, "Well, I guess it pretty much can only be used for evil".
Post an article on slashdot with the words "penetrate" and "open ports" in the summary.
I don't care why you're posting AC
Gotta wonder about a picture of a chick with "penetration testing" as a caption.
God, I love IT.
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
Over the last year or so, I've considered writing an automated wireless network intrusion tool. It would:
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.
I would think that the Digital Make everyone a Criminal Act would prevent a company from marketing a device like this...
$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.
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.
I remember something about this before. Yup, it was about Silica then too.
I posted a theory about sending one to yourself through the mail activated and with a GPS so that the postal delivery vehicle does your wardriving for you. I called it warsmailing. So far no results on Google of anyone attempting it using that term.
(Why do I keep being prompted to save a download of comments.pl when I Submit?)
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
I already have a wife penetration tester in my pocket, thank you very much.
For a moment there, I thought I was going to have to implement spam filtering on my RSS feed from Slashdot.
It's the same bad joke over and over again until somebody post one of the following....
.... PROFIT!
"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
then we all get sick of it.
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