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You've heard about wardriving, but what about warshipping? Researchers at IBM X-Force Red have detailed a new tactic that they say can break into victims' Wi-Fi networks from far.
The company calls the technique warshipping, and it is a more efficient evolution of wardriving, a popular technique among hackers seeking access to any wireless network they can find. Whereas wardrivers drive around a wide area with a directional antenna looking for wireless networks to crack, IBM's researchers took a more targeted approach.
Speaking at Black Hat USA, IBM researchers explained how they used off-the-shelf components costing under $100 to create a single-board computer with Wi-Fi and 3G capability. This enables it to connect to a Wi-Fi network to harvest data locally and then send it to a remote location using its cellular connection. The small device runs on a cell phone battery and easily fits into a small package.
Attackers can then send the device to a company via regular mail, where it will probably languish in a mail room for a while. During this time, it can connect to any Wi-Fi networks it finds in the building and harvest data – typically a hashed network access code. It sends this back to the attacker, who can then use their own resources (or a cloud-based cracking service) to extract the original access code. At this point, they have access to the company's Wi-Fi network.
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https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Internet+of+things
https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Warshipping
You've heard about wardriving, but what about warshipping? Researchers at IBM X-Force Red have detailed a new tactic that they say can break into victims' Wi-Fi networks from far.
The company calls the technique warshipping, and it is a more efficient evolution of wardriving, a popular technique among hackers seeking access to any wireless network they can find. Whereas wardrivers drive around a wide area with a directional antenna looking for wireless networks to crack, IBM's researchers took a more targeted approach.
Speaking at Black Hat USA, IBM researchers explained how they used off-the-shelf components costing under $100 to create a single-board computer with Wi-Fi and 3G capability. This enables it to connect to a Wi-Fi network to harvest data locally and then send it to a remote location using its cellular connection. The small device runs on a cell phone battery and easily fits into a small package.
Attackers can then send the device to a company via regular mail, where it will probably languish in a mail room for a while. During this time, it can connect to any Wi-Fi networks it finds in the building and harvest data – typically a hashed network access code. It sends this back to the attacker, who can then use their own resources (or a cloud-based cracking service) to extract the original access code. At this point, they have access to the company's Wi-Fi network.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Internet+of+things
https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Warshipping