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AirTight Wireless Security Researcher Reveals WEP Can Be Cracked without an Access Point Presentation Slated for TOORCON9 in San Diego, CA Mountain View, CA - October 17, 2007   Who: Vivek Ramachandran and Md Sohail Ahmad, senior wireless security researchers at AirTight® Networks   When: Sunday, October 21, 4:30 pm   What: Caffe Latte with a Free Topping of Cracked WEP: Retrieving WEP Keys from Road-Warriors   Just consider this. In the half hour or so that it takes you to drink your coffee in between appointments, you decide to catch up on a little work for the office. You are not even in the RF vicinity of your authorized network so your WEP keys are safe. Or at least that’s what you think!   This presentation debunks the age old myth that to crack WEP, the attacker needs to be in the RF vicinity of the authorized network, with at least one functional AP up and running. It will demonstrate that it is possible to retrieve the WEP key from an isolated Client - the Client can be on the Moon! - using a new technique called "AP-less WEP Cracking".   The attack takes “Honeypot” to the next level of sophistication. http://toorcon.org/2007/event.php?id=25   Where: San Diego Convention Center   For more information about TOORCON9, go to: http://toorcon.org/2007/intro.php About AirTight Networks AirTight Networks, the industry standard for wireless vulnerability management, is the only company that offers customers a flexible, end-to-end solution that gives them visibility into their wireless security posture and a choice in how to manage it. AirTight provides full wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and the world’s first on demand wireless vulnerability management service. AirTight’s patented technology delivers the key elements of an effective WIPS to eliminate false alarms, block wireless threats immediately and automatically and locate wireless devices and events with pinpoint precision. AirTight’s customers include global retail, financial services, corporate, education and government organizations. AirTight Networks is a privately held company based in Mountain View, CA. For more information please visit www.airtightnetworks.com Media Contacts: Della Lowe AirTight Networks Tel: +1 (650) 934 8191 della.lowe@airtightnetworks.com AirTight Networks, and the AirTight Networks logo are trademarks; and AirTight and SpectraGuard are registered trademark of AirTight Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. << Back to: Press Releases