Home Security Threats: Wireless LANs and Personal Computers Vulnerable

Home Personal Computers and wireless LANs are likely to become the next big targets for hackers according to Gunter Ollman, principal consultant with security consultants Internet Security Systems (ISS). A shift away from corporate systems to home PCs will follow applications . . . Home Personal Computers and wireless LANs are likely to become the next big targets for hackers according to Gunter Ollman, principal consultant with security consultants Internet Security Systems (ISS). A shift away from corporate systems to home PCs will follow applications like home banking and `always on' DSL services, according to Ollman: "We've already seen Trojans and scanning tools developed to crack home PCs," he said. "With proliferation of cookies, hackers have a ready source of confidential information, including passwords," he added.

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