Topic: MiFi Attack Exploits GPS To Reveal User's Location

[sam]

Security researcher Adam Baldwin has identified that the Sprint and Verizon MiFi devices are vulnerable to a multitude of attacks. Combining these attacks together, an attacker can gain the GPS location of the MiFi device without the user becoming immediately aware. The attack can be successfully executed without authentication and even if the GPS has been disabled by the administrator.

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[Simon]

I'd never even heard of MiFi before! 

[Clive]

Scary isn't it?   

[Rik]

They used to sell kitchens, Simon.

[Simon]

That's where I'd heard it before. 

[Clive]

Once a company goes bust we forget they ever existed in the first place.      

[Rik]

Woolworths, NuLab... 

[Clive]

NuLab?     Never heard of 'em.  No really.   

[sam]

argh.

[Rik]

NuLab?     Never heard of 'em.  No really.   

They were a short-lived, historical, phenomenon, Clive.

[Simon]

A bit like the Independants. 

[Rik]

 

[Clive]