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Wireless Analysis With Monitor Mode On Android

Posted by timothy on from the unfling-the-packets-for-examination dept.

An anonymous reader writes "We are a group of three researches, and in the last few weeks, we have been working on Wi-Fi monitor mode for Android devices, based on Broadcom BCM4329 and BCM4330 chipsets. Currently we have a successful PoC for Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S 2. We've released all the info in our new blog."

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  1. Strengthen your passwords by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Informative

    With modern graphics cards dictionary attacks on WPA2 passwords are realistic. Since everyone carries wifi radios around with them and can gather the necessary data you should probably expect more such attacks on your network in the future.

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    1. Re:Strengthen your passwords by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 4, Informative

      WPA2(AES) is the most secure, as long as your vendor implemented it properly.

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    2. Re:Strengthen your passwords by spectrokid · · Score: 4, Informative

      Use AES with a very long random gobbledigook password. Write the password down on the back of your router. from wikipedia:
      Weak password Shared-key WPA remains vulnerable to password cracking attacks if users rely on a weak password or passphrase. To protect against a brute force attack, a truly random passphrase of 13 characters (selected from the set of 95 permitted characters) is probably sufficient.[12] To further protect against intrusion, the network's SSID should not match any entry in the top 1000 SSIDs[13] as downloadable rainbow tables have been pre-generated for them and a multitude of common passwords.

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  2. Re:This article is plain spam. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This article is plain spam.

    Wait: an article about some guys who reverse engineered a (very common) broadcom wireless chipset to add monitor mode to a linux kernel driver(complete with source and instructions on how to brick your own phone) is 'spam'?

    What is slashdot for, if not trolling and arguing about linux drivers?