If your business has a wireless network, there is a good chance
that anyone breaking into it is doing so to launch a spam attack,
according to research carried out by London-based security
consultants Z/Yen and reported by Computing magazine.
Z/Yen set up two wireless 'honeypots' to monitor hacking activity
throughout March. Earlier this week, OUT-LAW.COM reported on a
similar test by KPMG. Z/Yen found that almost one quarter of
unauthorised connections to the networks were intentional, with 71%
of these used to send e-mail.
Using a company's private network gives the spammer anonymity:
all e-mails are traced to the company which is has become the
unwitting sender.
