The Perils of Beaming Credit Card Numbers

security       2002-07-26 
As concerns surface about the security risks of using wireless local area networks Latest News about WLAN (WLANS) in retail settings -- including the possibility of credit card numbers and other sensitive data getting intercepted by hackers lurking in the store -- the good news is that there are plenty of resolutions available.
The bad news, according to experts, is that many business users either do not know about these countermeasures or have failed to use them.
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