Friday, January 14, 2011

SECURE YOUR Wi_Fi

Hey guyz ..Do you know about this?........
The recent investigation into the "varanasi bomb blast" led the police to two unsuspecting residents of vashi,mumbai.Their crime: they had not secured their wi_fi networks,and the terrorist group had hacked into it easily to send emails claiming responsibility for the blasts . There is no better time than now to check and secure those wi_fi networks.

* This is not the first time terror networks have tapped into a freely available wi_fi network.
* The problem is as much a case of consumer ignorance as it is a case of the telecom providers' slack attitude towards creating awareness on the subject.
* Often the service engineers are the ones who set up the passwords for wi_fi networks.
* Invariably the passwords everywhere are abcd1234 .
* There are public database on the internet that list the default user name and passwords for literally every router manufacturer there is.
* Not surprisingly , most of the administrators are called 'admin' and their passwords are 'passwords'.

2 comments:

  1. now a days most of the wifi networks don't take such user names and passwords

    if the admin gives such words the network says its avaliable in dictionary and asks to enter the password again

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  2. most of wifi networks can be hacked easily except few types when certain types of encryptions are used..

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