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Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-24-2013, 09:30 PM
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Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

That's what I thought was happening during the testing that failed when the reporter logged into the various social and other websites, he used HTTP only, and the expert was scanning the wifi...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-24-2013, 05:48 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

Sorry, let me try again. I didn't mean fake the fingerprint, necessarily. More like faking the response to the verification request. I was suggesting that, as soon as the victim's browser is directed...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-24-2013, 12:48 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

That's a long read. Since EV turns the address bar text of webpage info green, wouldn't that be a sufficient test that all is well? At least the ones that use EV verification. Unless the green color...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-22-2013, 08:07 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

Works for me. I'm assuming we'll hear about it if it really is a big deal. I'm still leaning towards tempest in a teapot, mainly due to the secrecy of who it was that they called "major financial...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-22-2013, 05:09 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

I watched some more of the series and the threat is a man in the middle attack with a twist. Since it appears to be a real threat where personal data can be compromised, I would suggest that the...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-22-2013, 03:39 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

I think (IMO) in this case, the expert suggested that the defect "may" make it explode, not "will" make it explode to use your analogy.

To continue using the exploding car defect analogy, how will...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-22-2013, 02:36 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

Or a friend who was a true hacker guru for the same reasons?
Oh, hang on, they all work for he NSA, don't they? :prayer: :rolleyes:
Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-22-2013, 12:48 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

Hmmmmm, sounds like more questions/answers are needed.
1) What level of expertise is required to carry out this type of hack? Known as encryption or SSL stripping?
2) What was the function/purpose...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-22-2013, 04:04 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

mlts22: I'm always afraid when I'm required to give my phone number to sign up for something that they'll let that slip out and I'll start getting those annoying "participate in our survey and win a...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 11-22-2013, 03:07 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,378
Posted By Mike
Re: Wifi security story on news

OK, I'll play the skeptic. We've had these discussions before on here and on Yahoo, and I think we agreed to disagree, since we couldn't come to a definitive yea or nay on how safe is public wifi...
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