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Verizon MiFi Owned By Simple Attack

Posted by timothy on from the changing-the-default-seems-smart dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Security researcher Joshua Wright has developed a simple attack that allows him to recover the passwords for any Verizon MiFi device. The MiFi is essentially a tiny, portable wireless AP, and Wright's attack uses a simple and effective technique to get default passwords by using the device's SSID and some existing password attacks on the encryption protocols the MiFi employs. Result: complete 0wnage of any MiFi."

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  1. Ah the hype by tjstork · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I love how the first few words of a slashdot post these days are:

    "some_easy_to_say_title SOME PERSON'S NAME"

    I would almost condemn the guy for being a self promoting cretin, but, since I'll probably put out a press release for myself, I probably won't.

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