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Wireless technology has made it possible to create implantable medical devices that do everything from monitoring the heart rhythms of patients to delivering the correct amount of insulin to diabetics. But according to a new report by the General Accounting Office, that lifesaving technology has also left the door wide open to hackers.
Find out why wireless medical devices could be dangerous to your health and to your pocketbook. Read More
Joshuah Allen Witt, a 35-year-old Seattle man, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his part in a three-man WiFi hacking and burglary ring.
His two fellow hackers have already been sentenced to federal prison, so this third and final sentencing concludes the court trials for a series of crimes that took more than $3 million from up to 50 local businesses. Read More
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According to this ITWorld article, free wifi is a hacker’s dream. Read More
Well, well, Mashable has a great new article revealing 10 travel tips for protecting your online privacy, and guess what they list as the most important tip? The popular site dedicated to digital culture has told its more than four-million followers that they should “use secure WiFi and ‘https’ whenever possible,” so click the headline above to read the full warning. Read More
Imagine this: a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve training for a Mideast mission logs onto the Internet using his hotel’s wireless network. The same day, he notices an unauthorized $90 charge to his checking account. The settings for his Read More
When travelers watch their credit cards getting swiped at hotel check-in, they assume their information will be safe. But what they may not realize is that hotel wireless networks are a favorite haunt of hackers. Before you check in, check out what you need to know to avoid becoming a victim. Read More
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Many of us assume that using a WiFi network at a hotel or airport is the same as logging into our network at home or at the office. But the risks of using WiFi networks at a hotel or airport are exponentially greater than those experienced at home or in an enterprise setting. Business travelers willing to connect to any network that offers free Internet access are especially vulnerable to such attacks. It is literally impossible to tell the safe networks from the bad ones. Wireless eavesdropping is possible everywhere. Read More
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