WiFi is no longer secure enough to protect wireless data. Global Secure Systems has said that a Russian’s firm’s use of the latest NVidia graphics cards to accelerate WiFi ‘password recovery’ times by up to an astonishing 10,000 per cent proves that WiFi’s WPA and WPA2 encryption systems are no longer enough to protect wireless data.
The article fails to provide a baseline hack time, or whether they’re only talking about cracking PSK or pre-shared keys. “Brute force decryption of the WPA and WPA2 systems using parallel processing has been on the theoretical possibilities horizon for some time - and presumably employed by relevant government agencies in extreme situations - but the use of the latest NVidia cards to speedup decryption on a standard PC is extremely worrying,” says GSS researcher David Hobson. David Hobson, managing director of GSS, claimed that companies can no longer view standards-based WiFi transmission as sufficiently secure against eavesdropping to be used with impunity. He also said that the use of VPNs is arguably now mandatory for companies wanting to comply with the Data Protection Act.
All you Cellphone lovers know that Sony and the British Top Spy James Bond have a long-lasting relation. Like many previous occasions, Bond would adorn the C902 in the movie Quantum of Solace. The phone will be a Titanium Silver edition of the C902 released earlier this year and will come pre-loaded with extras such as a spy game, interviews with the stars, screen-savers, wallpapers and a trailer of the film
The pair-ups are as follows:
- James Bond : C902 in limited Titanium Silver color
- Bond’s Wifey : W350 in Graphic White color
- M : G700 in Mineral Grey color
- Matthus : G700
- CIA : W910
- Villiers : G700
- Green (new character) : G900
- Elvis (new character) : W707 (Alicia)
All that you now got to do is to wait for the movie scene next month where Daniel Craig would flaunt the C902 and then go buy it quickly.
We’ve just happened across a new Nokia advert hinting that a new handset may be launching in a few days. Popping up on the promo site somebodyelsesphone, it features a video clip that ends with a clock counting down until next Monday.But that slider is no new phone. It’s the Nokia 7610 Supernova, presented by the Finns back in June, alongside with several other Supernova models.
The fact that the site is called “My phone knows everything about me” and the ad closes after posing the question “If you found [somebody’s] phone, would you look through it?”, we think it could possibly be some kind of new security feature for protecting your mobile’s more personal contents from prying eyes
Sprint has launched a sign up page for the forthcoming Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8350i mobile handset which allows the prospective BlackBerry Curve 8250i owner to sign up for notifications on when the mobile phone becomes available. The new Blackberry Curve 8350i offers Wi-Fi, GPS, and iDEN-based push to talk in a semi-rugged BlackBerry Curve casing. Not much going on there at all… But if you’d like to sign-to be notified when the 8350i is available for purchase, click here.
One wonders if anyone does actually sign up for notifications on a particular mobile, and if so do they actually receive and announcement?
HTC are prepping a WiMAX/GSM-enabled device - the HTC T8290 - to allow even more flexible wireless internet access. The HTC T8290 has been leaked, and this highly angular handset was specially designed for Russia’s Yota WiMAX network, which means you ought to remain connected online in most places with WiMAX coverage, allowing you to surf at broadband speeds without relying on spotty 3G connectivity
It’s got that beautiful 800×480 screen, WiFi to back up the other radios, and Bluetooth (naturally).WiMAX is loaded to the teeth with a massive 3.8″ 480 x 800 WVGA display, WiMAX + GSM, 802.11g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and video calling capabilities. Sources suggest that Russia’s Yota will be selling it shortly. Availability in other countries is still a question mark.
