{"id":5611,"date":"2010-01-18T15:52:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T15:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/mifi-exploit-shows-gps-position-and-security-settings-for-your-mobile-hotspot-security\/"},"modified":"2010-01-18T15:52:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T15:52:42","slug":"mifi-exploit-shows-gps-position-and-security-settings-for-your-mobile-hotspot-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/mifi-exploit-shows-gps-position-and-security-settings-for-your-mobile-hotspot-security.php","title":{"rendered":"MiFi Exploit Shows GPS Position and Security Settings for Your Mobile Hotspot [Security]"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>We're fans of Novatel's MiFi hotspots<\/a>, which allow a 3G connection to be converted into Wi-Fi. What we are not fans of is a new exploit that lets hackers reveal your location and all your security info.<\/p>

The exploit, which affects the MiFi 2200s sold by Verizon and Sprint, kicks in when users visit a certain website.<\/p>

\"Among the information the MiFi 2200 will readily share is the WiFi security key – sent in clear text – and with some Javascript Baldwin showed it was possible to change the hotspot's settings to the point where a factory reset is required in order to restore functionality to the user. Even if GPS is turned off, a remote command can be used to switch it back on.<\/p>

A further exploit can extract the entire configuration of the MiFi, again in clear text, including all of the security settings.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>

If you're a MiFi user, just be careful out there until Novatel issues a fix. [UMPC Portal<\/a> via SlashGear<\/a>]<\/p>

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