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Hot Sales In China For Wi-Fi Key-Cracking Kits
alphadogg writes "Dodgy salesmen in China are making money from long-known weaknesses in a Wi-Fi encryption standard, by selling network key-cracking kits for the average user. Wi-Fi USB adapters bundled with a Linux operating system, key-breaking software, and a detailed instruction book are being sold online and at China's bustling electronics bazaars. The kits, pitched as a way for users to surf the Web for free, have drawn enough buyers and attention that one Chinese auction site, Taobao.com, had to ban their sale last year. With one of the 'network-scrounging cards,' or 'ceng wang ka' in Chinese, a user with little technical knowledge can easily steal passwords to get online via Wi-Fi networks owned by other people. The kits are also cheap. A merchant in a Beijing bazaar sold one for 165 yuan ($24), a price that included setup help from a man at the other end of the sprawling, multistory building."
First post using my neighbor's wifi!
My neighbors have all started encrypting their wireless routers :-(.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Free Wifi cracking kit: Download here and use with brain 1.0 and any USB wireless dongle.
Seriously. Usb Wifi Dongle + Rainbow Tables DVD + Backtrack = Win?!
"I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google"
Video of cengwang ka in action here. Someone whose mandarin is better than mine will have to provide a translation. "Mee-ma" means password. Heck, I might get one just to use it in airports and other places where jerks charge for internet. Evidently they are illegal as taobao.com (the Chinese ebay) doesn't list them while a simple google search turns up dozens of vendors. I'll have to check on these next time I go to the computer market.
Another notable aspect of this story is that it's actually accurate. China is a blank slate to most Westerners and I have seen journalists fabricate the most outrageous lies simply because it "fits the narrative" (narrative=preconceived ideas). No surprise the guy who wrote this was in Beijing, it's like the world ends for journalists outside the fifth ring road.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Why is china or the people of, so interested in causing problems on the internet?
IS this just a way of rebelling that is safe for them from their government (the party they would really like to rebel against.)
a user with little technical knowledge can easily steal passwords
Note the lack of an article between "with" and "little".
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Out of curiousity I put backtrack in to ebay and what do you know, theres half a dozen backtrack 4 dvds for sale as Hacking Operating System.
But no rerturns accepted!
Those who can, do. Those who cannot, sue.
You don't NEED packet injection, you just need it if you want to break into the network anytime soon. Sitting and listening to normal traffic will eventually get you enough packets to attempt to break it.
For WPA you don't even need packet injection, just deauth a client that is connected, collect their reconnection packets, and then run a dictionary/brute force attack against the handshake.
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...Kuang Grade Mark Eleven
Indeed. I treasure my gmail account as I treasure the time I spend plundering your mothers anus.
If someone wants to use your network, they will capture packets so that they can see what MACs are authorized. They then alter the MAC address of their wireless card to be one of the authorized values and bob's your uncle.
'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables
MACs can be sniffed, and spoofed.
The trick is to not use it while the "true" device is (you'll just cause problems)
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
Quick translation, since I'm kinda in a hurry (though, c'mon, DNS-and-Bind, you've lived there for 7 years? if I remember from a previous post, and you can't speak fluent mandarin now, plus a few dialects? What have you been doing with your time?)
Anchorwoman: We will now explore the background behind these (Wifi Keys) and the hidden danger they present to internet security.
The journalist installed the Wifi Cracking kit according to the instructions, and then used the Cd-rom to open the password cracking software. After 5 seconds, the computer monitor correctly displayed 5 wireless network signals. Click on any of the networks and the computer will automatically start cracking the password. After 4 minutes, a series of numbers appears on the display.
I'm just going to freeform this bit, I'm translating background chatter, not just the subtitles. Mostly Mr. Hu and the reporter talking, I won't note who is who, but it should be kind of obvious...also, there's stuff that isn't in the subtitles, so it should flow better
Guy1: oh, this is the password (background)
Guy1: AAAAA....
Reporter: His password is 8 A's (this is the subtitle guy number 1)
Guy1: What an idiot!
Reporter: Take a look at it now, did it work?
Mr. Hu (Hu something-ying, the middle character is too low resolution), network expert at a Wuhan Guangtong Computer Technology Development company: It succeeded, we're already online.
Reporter: So we can get online directly?
Mr. Hu: Yes, we're online through his network(thanks to the key)
Here we have 4 signals, this signal isn't bad! 18megabit speeds.
Anchorwoman: The computer expert explains, the Wifi Cracking kit is essentially a just wireless card, but its ability to search out wireless networks is much stronger than normal wireless cards. What's scarier, is that it's combined with a "hacker" software program that can easily hack into other people's host machine (host computer), if this apparatus is used for nefarious purposes, it could result in computer files being accessed, privacy leaks, etc., with serious consequences.
Mr. Hu: This is a serious threat to internet security. It can reveal secrets, and interferes with security. Look, I can directly make copies of his files, copy it directly to my own computer.Anchorwoman: Wuhan network expert Mr. Hu of the XYZ company IT dept. says that reports of successful network intrusion attempts are skyrocketing. He also explains that protecting yourself is not difficult, by setting the number of user accounts or adjusting the router settings.
Mr. Hu: Turn off the DHCP on the router, then even if you access the network, you can't get online,since there's no IP address. The important thing is to do it from the router.
Anchorwoman: The phenomenon of Wifi password cracking is common outside China, regardless of the nation. Singapore considers it to be a crime, and the UK considers it illegal and you can be arrested. In China, however, there are no laws about Wifi password cracking.
Phone caller, from Hubei, works with communications related company: This thing presents two main problems. The first is password cracking. This is a security/safety problem. The other is using other people's Wifi connections for free, this is a problem of stealing access. If you check and can find evidence of.....(is cut off)
I may have cut a few corners, but that's the gist. I don't do much technical translation, but this one was light on the technical terms anyway, so if you have questions or need other stuff translated, let me know.