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August 25, 2009, 2:02 AM

Cisco Wireless LANs at Risk of 'Skyjacking' Attack

From C|Net (Elinor Mills)

Cisco Systems wireless local area network equipment used by many corporations around the world is at risk of being used in denial-of-service attacks and data theft, according to a company that offers protection for WLANs.

Researchers at AirMagnet, which makes intrusion-detection systems for WLANs, discovered the vulnerability, which affects all lightweight Cisco wireless access points, as well as the exploit that could be used against networks that have the Over-the-Air-Provisioning (OTAP) feature turned on.  Read the full story [cnet.com]

 

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