Wireless encryption gets hacked in Amazon's cloud2011-01-10 09:35 by DanielaTags: Amazon, Wireless, security, WPA-PSK
An insecurity researcher reckons he can hack wireless networks using Amazon's cloud servers that anyone can lease on the Internet. The insecurity researcher, Thomas Roth said he has broken WPA-PSK wireless encryption using Amazon's powerful cloud-based systems. Roth claimed he wrote a little program on Amazon's servers that churned over 400,000 potential passwords per second. That gave him access to passwords on secure wireless networks that use the latest wireless encryption technology. Individuals wouldn't normally have the time or resources to do the hack. It takes a lot of computing power that most punters can't afford. But why buy all that expensive computing hardware when you can pop along to Amazon to rent its powerful cloud servers? For 18 pence per minute, Roth had access to serious number crunching hardware and got hacks that would probably have taken him weeks or months to achieve using a home PC. In fact, it took Roth just 20 minutes of computer time and he said he has already written an even faster programme. Read more -here-
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