According to the recent article published in Boston Herald, eavesdroppers are rather successful in bypassing seemingly sophisticated data encryption, authentication and other methods used to boost [tag]wireless security[/tag].

The reason for popularity of wireless attacks (in addition to tons of inherent insecurities in wireless models) lies in the serious improvement of modern hacking wireless equipment. Modern antennas allow hackers to reach access points even if they are 10 or 20 miles away from those points. That means that hacker can now easily avoid the most significant limitation he faced not long ago. He doesn’t have to sit anymore on the same parking lot (figuratively speaking) used by the company that was chosen as a target for wireless attack. Instead, he can now safely conduct his intrusion without the danger of being physically noticed and identified by the security staff of that company.

Of course the fact that most users have difficulties with initializing security features available in most current Wi-Fi gadgets (or even sometimes don’t know where to find those features) is also very helpful for hackers.

Another possible reason of popularity for wireless hacking is that people are less used to wireless spaming (and hacking) yet, and are more likely to open the message or attachment sent from the un-known recipient.

Aside from the habitual reasoning there is another possible cause for the higher possibility of opening un-known attachments in the wireless devices compared to the wired ones (and thus getting the former infected).

According to the research published by Cisco and the National Cyber Security Alliance, the feedback from 700 businessmen from all over the world indicated that the root of this problem can be a small size of screen used in wireless handheld devices.

And one more interesting fact from the same research. 81 percent of all business executives around the world are already using some sort of wireless device. From 700 businessmen participated in the research (as a representatives of executive group), chilling 76% had trouble distinguishing between legal messages and those that can compromise their wireless devices!

You can read the whole story here: Mobile workers still struggling with security

Now just think about it! If the same proportion will be true for the rest of executives, then over 60% of all executives in the world not only use wireless devices, but also don’t care too much about wireless security!

And if the wireless device of such person is compromised, then the whole corporation can be at risk…

This is definitely something that hackers would want to explore. And this is a serious topic to think about for all business executives. They should educate themselves at least in basics of wireless security, or it might be too late…