Tag Archive 'crackers'

All the best cowboys have Chinese spies

By now you’ve probably read about GhostNet, the vast spy network that was uncovered after the office of the Dalai Lama asked researchers at the University of Toronto to examine their computer networks for malware. The researchers not only found nasties there, they uncovered an entire network that connected almost 1300 computers in 103 [...]

Pros, cons, and Defcon

(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
Want a pain-free way to break into a corporate wireless network? No problem. Eager to spy on private conversations through closed windows using nothing but a simple laser pointer and some audio equipment? Step right up.
But if you’re thinking about using technology that lets you [...]