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Related News: Security intern uncovers major vulnerability in Yik Yak messaging app

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Verge published an article titled Security intern uncovers major vulnerability in Yik Yak messaging app.

Yik Yak pitches itself as an easy way to post anonymous messages to users in your area, but a new report suggests the popular app may have a real security flaw on its hands. Written by Sanford Moskowitz, a security research intern at SilverSky Labs, the report details how an attacker on the same Wi-Fi network as his target could take complete control over the target’s Yik Yak account, using only a monitor-friendly network card and a packet analyzer like Wireshark. If Moskowitz’s report holds up, it could present a real problem to the increasingly popular app, which has billed casual anonymity as one of its chief selling points.

Source: The Verge

Related News: Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Computerworld published an article titled Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world.

If an Android device (phone or tablet) has ever logged on to a particular Wi-Fi network, then Google probably knows the Wi-Fi password. Considering how many Android devices there are, it is likely that Google can access most Wi-Fi passwords worldwide.

Recently IDC reported that 187 million Android phones were shipped in the second quarter of this year. That multiplies out to 748 million phones in 2013, a figure that does not include Android tablets.

Many (probably most) of these Android phones and tablets are phoning home to Google, backing up Wi-Fi passwords along with other assorted settings. And, although they have never said so directly, it is obvious that Google can read the passwords.

Source: Computerworld

Related News: Wi-Fi-hacking neighbor sentenced to 18 years

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled Wi-Fi-hacking neighbor sentenced to 18 years.

Barry Ardolf, 46, repeatedly hacked into his next-door neighbors’ Wi-Fi network in 2009, and used it to try and frame them for child pornography, sexual harassment, various kinds of professional misconduct and to send threatening e-mail to politicians, including Vice President Joe Biden.

Source: CNN