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03-28-2007, 1:05 PM
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Images: 21  |  BEWARE: Fake Wi-Fi Hotspots Ensnared on the wireless Web Hackers' latest tactic to steal information is setting up fake hotspots that users unwittingly use to access Internet. As Los Angeles and hundreds of other communities push to turn themselves into massive wireless hotspots, unsuspecting Internet users are stumbling onto hacker turf, giving computer thieves nearly effortless access to their laptops and private information, authorities and high-tech security experts say. It's an invasion with a twist: People who think they are signing on to the Internet through a wireless hotspot might actually be connecting to a look-alike network, created by a malicious user who can steal sensitive information, said Geoff Bickers, a special agent for the FBI's Los Angeles cyber squad. More...
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03-28-2007, 1:28 PM
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It was only a matter of time before this was going to start in my opinion...
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03-28-2007, 3:09 PM
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03-29-2007, 8:54 PM
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the basic: DISABLE printer and file sharing for the network device (LAN card, wifi) which connects to public network install windows defender, anti-virus |
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03-29-2007, 9:51 PM
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rontok brothers once I disabled file sharing, the virus is no more | |
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