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Cyber Guerilla NetworkingBy Judith M. Myerson2005-04-13 
Get a Load of a Cyber Guerilla
A cyber guerilla assumes the role of an eavesdropper when he listens and grabs passwords, valid station identifiers, and network addresses (particularly the default ones the installer or system administrator forgot to change). After getting the information, this cyber guerilla might decide to steal Internet bandwidth or, even better, use your network as a springboard to attack others. Once there, the cyber guerilla could promote himself to masquerading, so he can pretend that he is you in obtaining the private information that he is not supposed to have access to (see Lisa Phifer's article, "Air Safety"). Whatever role the guerillas play, they use a sniffing tool or two to search for signals from wireless mobile devices. After they successfully intercept the signals, they divert those signals to tap into high-speed connections, and then target wireless vulnerabilities. You might even see one or two nice-looking, well-dressed cyber guerillas sitting in the airport or on a moving commuter train if you are very observant; it's obvious in the way they point or direct their laptops or handheld devices toward your device when you have, say, your Pocket PC's internal antenna turned on. Tutorial Pages: » Recognizing and Battling Your Enemy » Who are the Cyber Guerillas? » In Search of Their Prey » Get a Load of a Cyber Guerilla » Wireless Security Weak Spots » Exploiting Signals » Please do add VPN Support » Defeating Your Would-Be Attacker » Preparing for Combat » Resources First published by IBM DeveloperWorks
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