Wi-fi users largely insecure
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| While 77 per cent of respondents used anti-virus software and 72
| per cent used a firewall, only eight per cent encrypted their data
| and only 14 per cent used a secure, encrypted link to the internet.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35882
9 days ago:
Alarm Raised for Critical Broadcom Wi-Fi Driver Flaw
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| The vulnerability, which exposed as part of the MoKB (Month of Kernel Bugs)
| project, is a stack-based buffer overflow in the Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS
| wireless device driver that could be exploited by attackers to take
| complete control of a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop.
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| Microsoft's Windows operating system is exploitable without the
| existence of an access point or any interaction from the user.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061111/tc_zd/193827
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