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."

Ummm, yeah.

[Vengeance]

I hope y'all don't mind if I won't keep a penetration tester in my back pocket, mmm'kay?

ob. mae west reference

[hey!]

is that a penetration tester in your pocket or are you happy to see me?

Honeypot Reverse Attack

[CaffeineAddict2001]

\\sharedstuff\My Super Secret Incriminating Documents Conveniently Zipped For You.exe

Re:ob. mae west reference

[The Zon]

a portable hacking device that can scan other connections for open ports, and automatically launch code execution exploits from a built-in exploit platform.

That's what she said!

Re:ob. mae west reference

[romland]

It could have been funny if the editor had not already made the joke in the 'dept' line.

But, to answer your question. Am I happy to see you? I don't know, are those a pair of boobs on your chest?

Re:Honeypot Reverse Attack

[CaffeineAddict2001]

Oh, forgive me: /usr/home/hax0r/My Super Secret Incriminating Documents Conveniently Zipped For You.MP5-R12.1.0.2.3.1.1-ALPHA.tar.gz

I believe...

[russotto]

...it was Dr. Fronk who said, "Well, I guess it pretty much can only be used for evil".

Re:Honeypot Reverse Attack

[benhocking]

\home\me\optimize_linux_no_this_is_not_rm_rf

Recipe for bad humour

[multisync]

Post an article on slashdot with the words "penetrate" and "open ports" in the summary.

Gotta wonder...

[catdevnull]

Gotta wonder about a picture of a chick with "penetration testing" as a caption.

God, I love IT.

Automated intrusion software

[sshore]

Over the last year or so, I've considered writing an automated wireless network intrusion tool. It would:

• capture encrypted packets and attempt to crack wep/wpa keys
• join wireless networks, enumerate targets
• retrieve files of interest from shares or recover them from packet dumps
• launch code attacks, like this tool does

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.

Now just combine that with OLPC

[kabocox]

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.

Re:Automated intrusion software

[mrzaph0d]

Even worse would be Transient Wireless Attack Tool...

Re:Ummm, yeah.

[Anonymous Coward]

"I've got something in my front pocket for youuuuu..."

How did they know???

[master_p]

I already have a wife penetration tester in my pocket, thank you very much.

This doesn't change anything.

[pseudosero]

You should still keep your wifi open... a criminal needs to be in geographic proximity. wow. This is so much worse than someone on the other side of the country being able to break into your machine. Honestly, if we all keep our wifis open it'll be better in the long run. I don't know why it just will be i swear.

Re:What I like to do...

[drooling-dog]

You wouldn't happen to be the guy next door to me, would you?

Penetration Tester in your Pocket 7333482

[Anonymous Coward]

For a moment there, I thought I was going to have to implement spam filtering on my RSS feed from Slashdot.

Actually...

[StressGuy]

It's the same bad joke over and over again until somebody post one of the following....

"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 .... PROFIT!

then we all get sick of it.

Re:Honeypot Reverse Attack

[Anonymous Coward]

"Oh, forgive me: /usr/home/hax0r/ ..."

Joking aside, a user account's /home directory in the system /usr directory? Must be a Windows person who loves spaces in file names.
 

Re:Honeypot Reverse Attack

[Hamoohead]

/usr/home/hax0r/My\ Super\ Secret\ Incriminating\ Documents\ Conveniently\ Zipped\ For\ You.MP5-R12.1.0.2.3.1.1-ALPHA.tar.gz

There. Fixed it for you.

Re:How did they know???

[Quiet_Desperation]

Now all you need is a wife. :)

Hey! I tease! Put that thing down!

The story is: Linux is great

[daveaitel]

The take on this story SHOULD be that it's possible to have a small company choose embedded Linux to deploy innovative and interesting applications on. We could have chosen Windows Mobile, of course, but Linux was technically the better choice. That's the important part here. Open Source tools get you to market faster and cheaper.

Re:Vista

[Pinback]

My buddy secured his neighbor's WAP on accident. He thought he was configuring his own.

The neighbor was confused when told that his router now had a WEP key in place.