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We hate to be bearers of poor news, but it looks like those of you squeaking by on a WEP-protected or unprotected wireless router have yet another reason to undertake the difficult task

of selecting “WPA” on that router admin screen. A team of researchers at Indiana University have published a paper on how easily malware could spread through a densely populated area, with unprotected routers providing zero resistance, and WEP reasonably more, while WPA proved generally unhackable. The spread of the malware was alarmingly similar to a biological virus,

and while no such router […]

Orginal post by Paul Miller