'Hot-spot honeypot' hacker's heaven

Hacker for, Junkies at the end of the smart phone to check the thousands of fur in the southwestern and southern Lam tweeting.
Today, some of the funny things that happened in the south - in the Southwest Conference. Virtual private network be disabled, and a rainbow on my laptop after a stranger, a friend of his window, and an animated cat, flying up into the air and separated.
Nyan Cat LulzSec hacker group called the People's 2011 Internet breast movie, because as soon as I saw the use of at least one occasion. I hacked my friend about the comedy, and shut down faster than a laptop. (Related stories and links to Wi-Fi to make a slideshow about a visit by CNET - in).
Darren Kitchen, Hak5, founder of the show, a Starbucks around the corner, standing in a line about the security at the meeting is guilty of only a few minutes later. In his session, and they call for a special software to display the WiFi Pineapple and unsecured Wi-Fi connections from a specific router, written by how easy it is class. In his discussion of the proper "information for a purpose - to provide a rich environment." Nyan Cat Stupid video that played on the laptop and the audience members were surprised to find the web, surfing, when the music blared in the demo out.
Moxie social - media savvy, but the recipe is easy to kill thousands of security hacker is a small number of SXSW participants. Galaxy interface smartphones, BlackBerrys, iPhones, Androids use, and they have a hotel or a Starbucks Wi-Fi (the name of "attwifi" who) is connected to a notebook that has a long list, but the kitchen was in fact tricked with WiFi Pineapple. "There is a security which is in each case," he said in a scroll list of Wi-Fi router to connect to devices.
If you are a dangerous thing a person - in - the - middle attacks Kitchen want, and tries to steal passwords and other information that may be eaten unaware victims. But do not attack them in their mission to show the people of the risks and to education. Therefore, Nyan Cat Internet phone instead of the program with the Web page.
"Trying to get the device back to the same network, started, and Wi-Fi router instead of the signal is close to my man, since the selection is done," Kitchen said. "Wi-Fi router Demo - in, I was half of the audience."
In particular, Wi-Fi to connect to Wi-Fi devices Pineapple looking for is a "Honeypot hot - spot" is called. Wi-Fi devices, the user device or Wi-Fi will automatically turn to the probe request and at the time. Device, Wi-Fi networks in the list of messages to note that the link is required. Kitchen equipment, a user looking for a router acting as a Wi-Fi network. Open Wi-Fi network, but works with the restriction that users are required to enter a password to connect to the WPA encryption standard. "The trust model is the normal free Wi-Fi flaw," he said.
Applying the model to his laptop, Wi-Fi connections, Wi-Fi router, see something similar to sending messages, the "Wi-Fi interference present in your package D - accept that the security of the same." A not
Automatically reconnects automatically when an intermediate network devices to remember the last problem set. "Security vendors, and their care through the implementation of all the network name," Kitchen said. The solution is both a challenge and response protocol for authentication and encryption is needed, he said. He said that there is no out, because, however, mobile phone manufacturers to network users, perhaps, some need to click.
Kitchen, in public areas and in the magnet, WiFi, the most successful version of the pineapple with a simple aluminum box has been added to the surface of a rechargeable lithium battery. ATM and an escalator, he added. The box is easy, for example, a hotel dining at the wall outlet plug-in for is considered to be hidden under a bench. "If you can find a 3G network and the remote one, and it has remained there permanently, on the way."
Government agencies and security professionals hired by the WiFi Pineapple penetration of the test kitchen of Audit, as part of the security of their networks that sells for $ 90.