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Portable wireless hacking device goes on sale
Silica will go on sale in the United States in October and is made by an outfit Immunity, which sells penetration testing gear.
Early versions of the gear support 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and Bluetooth wireless connections and have more than 150 exploits using Immunity's Canvas product.
The big idea is that security professionals can conduct penetration tests while walking through office cubicles.
A spokesSilica said that the device would mean that a tester could do their job while appearing to be an innocent visitor to the office.
It is possible to scan every machine on every wireless network for file shares and download anything of interest to the device. Then just put it in your pocket and walk through your target's office space, the spokesSilica claims.
It is also a gift to would-be hackers who can afford the $3,000 the gear will cost. It will hit he shops in October.
More at eWeek, here. µ
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I think these people don't understand that once the first 100 units are shipped there is going to be TONS of people ripping off "silica" OS and installing them on there $100 used nokia 770 tablet. There is allready 2 operating systems that are based around the idea of getting around "wireless security". This is going to get old quick, you could do everything that the $3600 cost for $140 and 4 hours of your time to set up. Look on ebay and see how much a nokia 770 is going for... the other $3560 is paying for the OS.. LOL