Re: Wi-Fi networks offer rich environment for spread of worms

On Feb 2, 11:02 am, "John D" <John_D@Ican playgames.too> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> An international team of computer scientists has demonstrated in the lab
> that it is possible for overlapping Wi-Fi networks in densely populated
> areas to support the rapid spread of malicious code that could infect an
> entire city in a matter of weeks.
>
> The study, results of which are published in the Jan. 26 issue of the
> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that by
> exploiting known security weaknesses tens of thousands of routers could
> be infected in as little as two weeks from a single point of infection.
>
> "Within six to 24 hours, you could take control of the largest part of
> the network," said Alessandro Vespignani, professor at Indiana
> University's School of Informatics in Bloomington, one of the study's
> authors. "The good news is that this type of network can be protected."
>
> Full article here:<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

I had one of those and they are quite nasty I can tell you!