4/26/2005

Hackers attack IT conference in London

April 25, ZDNet (UK) — Hackers attack IT conference in London. Hackers infiltrated an IT exhibition last week and attacked delegates’ computers with a new type of wireless attack. Security experts attending the Wireless LAN Event in London last Wednesday, April 20, found that anonymous hackers in the crowd had created a Website that looked like a genuine login page for a Wi−Fi network, but which actually sent 45 random viruses to computers that accessed it. Spencer Parker, a director of technical solutions at AirDefense, said that the hackers walked around the exhibition carrying a Linux−based laptop running software that turned it into a wireless access point. The technique has evolved from an “evil twin” attack, where hackers host fake log−in Websites at commercial Wi−Fi hotspots. This was originally used to lure people into typing in credit card details onto the Web page, so the hacker could steal them.
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One Response to “Hackers attack IT conference in London”

  1. Troy Worman
    April 28th, 2005 | 7:54 am

    “Anonymous hackers in the crowd…carrying a Linux−based laptop running software that turned it into a wireless access point…attack IT conference in London.” That is brazen! I would like to see this tried in a less civilized nation, like Texas.