Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Honeypot attracts wireless flies

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 05:47:55 -0500

Honeypot attracts wireless flies
Source: Computing Canada
Publication date: 2002-11-29
Arrival time: 2003-01-08

OTTAWA -Wireless network users are virtually guaranteed that someone
will attempt to break into their systems, according to a preliminary study
performed by IT analytical firm Tenebris Technologies Inc.

In an effort to determine how serious the risk is for wireless networks in
general, the firm set up a 'honeypot'- a faux system that looks like a real
wireless access point to a network.

After attaching equipment to monitor any activity, and letting it run for three
months, the firm said it recorded 40 attempted connections. Of those, at
least one was a very determined attempt to intrude into the network that
clearly displayed criminal intent, Tenebris officials said.

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