Comments on: Doh! You got pwn3d.. http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/doh-you-got-pwn3d Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matthew Wollenweber http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/doh-you-got-pwn3d/comment-page-1#comment-13153 Matthew Wollenweber Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:00:40 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com/2007/11/06/doh-you-got-pwn3d/#comment-13153 Another reason why users should say away from Airport and other similar WiFi services is that they may not get the service that they paid for. If a hacker is about it's not too uncommon for him to force an unsuspecting user off the network to steal the connection. He can simply sniff traffic and generate RST packets or disassociate the AP until the user gets frustrated and gives up. Then he'll clone your MAC address surf the web on your dime. 3G Wireless services (such as EVDO) are definitely the way to go. Another reason why users should say away from Airport and other similar WiFi services is that they may not get the service that they paid for.

If a hacker is about it’s not too uncommon for him to force an unsuspecting user off the network to steal the connection. He can simply sniff traffic and generate RST packets or disassociate the AP until the user gets frustrated and gives up. Then he’ll clone your MAC address surf the web on your dime.

3G Wireless services (such as EVDO) are definitely the way to go.

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