Monday, January 24, 2005

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"Evil Twin" Haunts Wi-Fi Users Is this for real? eWeek reports, "An IT security expert, an academic and the U.K. government's cybercrime unit will give Londoners an introduction to the security dangers of wireless networking on Thursday—with the star of the show being an attack method dubbed the "Evil Twin.' The Evil Twin is essentially a wireless version of a phishing scam—users think they're connecting to a genuine hot spot but are actually connecting to a malicious server. Even more interesting to me is the second comment, attributed to theogoldin, who points out that the British expert is confusing authentication with security. 1:27:19 PM