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  • Wi-Fi's Achilles heel

    Wi-Fi wireless technology offers inexpensive network access for employees working away from their desks. But is it also the ultimate cloaking device for hackers?

  • Hot topics - are they safe?

    Today, major technology issues are more likely to be those that have arisen as a result of having implemented emerging technologies. Are we really taking one of technology's biggest concerns seriously enough?

  • Penetration testing finds more holes in wireless network

    Finding out where a network is most vulnerable can give you an honest look at the situation. How can penetration testing assist.

  • Wireless security below standard for Olympics: IOC

    The International Olympic Committee doesn't believe wireless security is good enough for their IT set-up at Athens in 2004.

  • Wired wide open another 2 yrs in Australia

    Australian businesses who use wireless networks could be kept waiting another two years before enjoying the security of fixed-line Internet, predicts wireless protection exec Roy Wakim.

  • Is there a hole in your wireless network?

    White-hat hackers are being employed to expose one of the newest and potentially most dangerous security holes in business, in the form of wireless computer networks.

  • Wireless hacking: the art of Wardriving

    Wardriving - the practice of detecting (and sometimes infiltrating) wireless networks from a remote location – is happening in Sydney right now. ZDNet Australia recently went for a ride to see how easy it really is to access the supposedly secure wireless networks of leading companies.

  • Lock up your WLAN

    Hackers are having a field day with unsecured wireless networks. Here's how to keep them from snooping around your company's wireless communications.

  • Wireless security does it tough in 2002

    2002 has seen an incredible boom in the use of wireless technology. It has also given birth to wireless hacking, an increasingly popular pastime for some of the more curious among us.

  • Windows XP to offer wireless security

    Microsoft has teamed up with Cisco Systems, Dell Computer, Intel and others to improve security for wireless Internet connections in businesses, homes and public places.

  • Spoiling a wireless hacker's day

    Security tools, features and protocols offer greater protection than ever before. But how do companies reduce the risk of hackers accessing Wi-Fi or 802.11 wireless networks?

  • First 'warspamming' case reaches court

    A US citizen is thought to have become the first person to be accused of hacking a wireless network in order to send spam.

  • Hosing down firewall hype

    Network administrators who place their trust in firewalls copped stern words from a high-ranking engineer at a leading networking vendor.

  • Tech giants in security pact

    Microsoft has teamed up with Cisco Systems, Dell Computer, Intel and others to improve security for wireless Internet connections in businesses, homes and public places.

  • M-commerce security a moving target

    In the rush to embrace mobile commerce, IT managers are finding that wireless technologies present unique and urgent security challenges. ZDNet examines the challenges to building wireless safeguards.

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