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Wireless networking

• August 14, 2006 14 Aug'06

  Wireless security boost for laptops outside the office

  >Most companies do a pretty good job with wireless security within the office walls, but what happens when end users take their laptops home -- or to Starbucks?

• August 02, 2006 02 Aug'06

  RFID security issues are cause for corporate concern

  Although small in nature, RFID tags could be used to attack databases and corrupt critical information. It's a growing concern as corporate RFID use skyrockets, yet experts say there are reasonable ways to mitigate the risks and gain the business ...

• July 26, 2006 26 Jul'06

  Blue Cross bears burden of 'no wireless' policy

  Blue Cross of Idaho had a "no wireless" policy on paper but never really enforced it. That is, until a team of auditors said the company had better do something.

• November 28, 2005 28 Nov'05

  Step 6: Configuring wireless clients

  With wireless networks proliferating it is a good idea to understand what it takes to build a VPN for a wireless gateway. Contributor and Microsoft MVP Brien Posey details the necessary steps in this step-by-step guide.

• November 21, 2005 21 Nov'05

  Wireless security: Public Wi-Fi could open security holes

  A Michigan county is working to give everyone within its borders wireless Internet access. But when it comes to security, users are on their own.

• November 20, 2005 20 Nov'05

  Wireless security crucial to railway safety

  A transportation firm uses wireless technology to keep the trains running on time. But securing mobile devices isn't easy when they're spread across the globe.

• November 16, 2005 16 Nov'05

  Wireless security: Companies deal with software updates

  A health care provider found it could use wireless technology to dramatically boost patient care. But first it had to figure out how to deploy security updates over a wireless network.

• September 05, 2005 05 Sep'05

  Extending perimeters

  The news that, up until 2006, 70% of successful wireless local area network (WLAN) attacks will be because of the misconfiguration of WLAN access points and client software is disquieting on a number of levels.

• May 11, 2005 11 May'05

  A new era of computer worms: Wireless mobile worms

  In this excerpt of Chapter 9 from "The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense," author Peter Szor dissects the Cabir worm.

• March 08, 2005 08 Mar'05

  Small businesses targeted with RFID

• December 01, 2004 01 Dec'04

  Phreaks love Bluetooth

  Bluetooth is becoming the vector of choice for next-generation phone phreakers to swipe files from other users, make calls or render mobile phones completely useless.

• May 23, 2004 23 May'04

  Hacking for Dummies: Chapter 10 -- Wireless LANs

  Read Chapter 10, Wireless LANs, from the book "Hacking for Dummies" written by Kevin Beaver.

• November 15, 2000 15 Nov'00

  Wap usage: Planes, phones and automobiles

  
  
  So your globe-trotting executives want to change their itineraries in mid-journey and need to check that their revised schedules still fit with corporate...