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Technical News & Discussion => Windows News & Discussion => Topic started by: somanyholes on Dec 08, 2009, 07:53:31

Title: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: somanyholes on Dec 08, 2009, 07:53:31
This took longer to appear than I expected. So for £20 you now have a high chance of being able to crack someone's wpa key, and download whatever you want from their lan. I wonder what mandelson's response to this will be. Ohh of course there won't be one....

Now would be a good time to start using very long complicated wpa passwords. At least 16 chars!


QuoteThe cloud service attempts to crack uploaded passwords against a 135 million word WPA-optimized dictionary on a 400 CPU cluster.

http://lukenotricks.blogspot.com/2009/12/wpa-password-cracking-cloud-service.html
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Rik on Dec 08, 2009, 09:11:51
So that's back to typing the key very carefully. ;)
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: somanyholes on Dec 08, 2009, 09:16:22
QuoteSo that's back to typing the key very carefully

We have all felt that pain :) Even worse when you get it wrong not one but twice.
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Rik on Dec 08, 2009, 09:20:21
Or wrong on the confirmation line. We need a gizmo, presumably USB, that generates the code and types it in each machine. Once completed, you reset the machine and all trace is gone.
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: kinmel on Dec 08, 2009, 10:29:58
MAC filtering turned on too, every little bit helps
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: D-Dan on Dec 08, 2009, 11:03:25
My personal favourite defence, and cast iron guaranteed. Turn the wireless off.

Steve
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: john on Dec 08, 2009, 13:20:36
Quote from: D-Dan on Dec 08, 2009, 11:03:25
My personal favourite defence, and cast iron guaranteed. Turn the wireless off.

Steve

I tried that but the only difference it made was I couldn't listen to Terry Wogan this morning  :(
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Rik on Dec 08, 2009, 13:21:31
:rofl: :karmic:
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: john on Dec 08, 2009, 13:22:59
 :thnks: Rik  ;D
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Inkblot on Dec 08, 2009, 13:41:53
Somebody living near me has an unsecured wireless network, no key cracking required. I have asked a few of the neighbours but they all say it's not them - and it's certainly not me!
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Rik on Dec 08, 2009, 13:44:17
I'm surrounded by them... It makes you despair, doesn't it.
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Inkblot on Dec 08, 2009, 14:31:24
It does indeed. Mind you, it also wants me want to buy a laptop to see what I can find! A mobile with wifi just doesn't do enough and that's all I have at the moment :(
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Colin Burns on Dec 08, 2009, 16:11:27
Quote from: kinmel on Dec 08, 2009, 10:29:58
MAC filtering turned on too, every little bit helps

It would but if you have a clever hacker that knows how to spoof a MAC address to one thats already on the network....

sadly these days there seems to be a way around most things
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Rik on Dec 08, 2009, 16:17:59
Except my stomach. ;D
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Ted on Dec 08, 2009, 17:52:58
Quote from: Rik on Dec 08, 2009, 16:17:59
Except my stomach. ;D

Spaghetti Junction?  ;)
Title: Re: WPA Password Cracking in the Cloud for $34
Post by: Rik on Dec 08, 2009, 19:03:44
Pasta passover.  ;D
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