Wireless hacking, or "Wardriving"
Wireless hacking, or "Wardriving" is when someone from outside your home accesses your wireless network. In most case it is because the victim doesn't have security enabled on their wireless access point. The dangers of having a non-secure wireless access-point are: Spammers can send junk mail from your home, hackers and criminals can hack remote locations that are tracked back to you, your confidential information is exposed to anyone that parks outside your home with a laptop. You may also suffer some liability because attacks were launched from your home by the bad guys. Listed below are 8 Tips to keep you safe. Top 8 Tips for Wireless Home Network Security 1) Change Default Administrator Passwords (and Usernames) Changing the default password is important because everyone that purchases the same Wireless access device, knows your password. 2) Turn on (Compatible) WPA / WEP Encryption By default, your Wireless device comes without the encryption enab...