Black Hat: 154 DoS Attacks on Aruba Wi-Fi Network Highlight Security

The Wi-Fi network at last week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas was pummeled by multiple types of attacks -- but the network held (at least that was my experience).

The stats are now out on the security status of the Wi-Fi network at Black Hat, which was run by wireless vendor Aruba Networks. I spoke with Aruba prior to the event and they were confident they had the gear to keep the network secure. So what was the damage?

• 9 suspected rogue APs were detected.
• 175 attempts by a wireless user to access the Aruba mobility controller were blocked by the Aruba firewall.
• 23 impersonation attacks were detected.
• 71 non-Blackhat APs were detected.
• 154 denial-of-service (DoS) attacks were detected.

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