Re: eWeek: Handheld Hacking Device soon to be available

[Lou Puls <lpuls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Only "hundreds of exploits" of the thousands available to take into the voting "cubicle"?  The hackers, crackers and maybe some Quakers can hardly wait ... eventually maybe even law enforcement itself will be interested in the penetration of fraudulent DREs. 

Lou

-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Pezzillo <jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Aug 17, 2006 11:51 AM
>To: CVV Voting <cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: eWeek: Handheld Hacking Device soon to be available
>
>
> From eWeek.com
>
>'Pen' Testing in the Palm of Your Hand
>By Ryan Naraine
>August 15, 2006
>
>"A portable hacking device equipped with hundreds of exploits and an  
>automated exploitation system will go on sale in the United States in  
>October.
>The wireless handheld, called Silica, is the latest product to be  
>developed by Immunity, a Miami-based security company that sells  
>penetration testing products and services.
>
>An early version of Silica, which supports 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and  
>Bluetooth wireless connections, has been fitted with more than 150  
>exploits from Immunity's Canvas product to allow security  
>professionals to conduct pen tests while walking through office  
>cubicles."
>
>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2003853,00.asp
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