Author Topic: WIFI and Security (Read 3373 times)

M!ssy · « **Reply #20 on:** March 02, 2012, 08:36:45 pm »

Ay hindi po sa neighbor ko ako nagwo-worry, as ive stated on my previous post

calin22 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 02, 2012, 09:42:26 pm »

^sorry sis cousin mo ba yung tinutukoy mo? hehe

M!ssy · « **Reply #22 on:** March 02, 2012, 10:10:08 pm »

Cousin ni hubs sis. Heheh. Kaya nga hindi kami naki-share sa wifi nya kahit na they live next door and abot din sa min wifi nya. nakigamit lang minsan nung nagkaproblem wifi nya.
So ayun, i was wondering din kung may possibility makapag snoop around since nakakapagconnect pa din sya sa wifi namin kahit pinalitan na password

Heatherette · « **Reply #23 on:** March 02, 2012, 10:39:53 pm »

Sa tingin ko ha, unless super techie nung taong yun, hindi maa-access yung files niyo dahil nalaman lang yung password.

May I ask, why are you worried about that cousin? May important files din ba na naka-store sa PC niyo? Maybe you should back it up at i-delete nalang sa PC if that's what causing you worry.

M!ssy · « **Reply #24 on:** March 02, 2012, 10:42:37 pm »

We dont want him to gain access sa internet activities namin (emails, FB, forums, Chat, etc)

Heatherette · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2012, 10:47:06 pm »

^I suggest i-follow mo nalang sis advice nung mga sis natin to para magka-peace of mind ka na

M!ssy · « **Reply #26 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:08:10 pm »

Well yun din kasi concern ko. We still need wifi sa house, so kahit magpalit kami. Kung may possibility pa din makapasok mga techies nearby (not only cousin) pwede pa din magawa those things. $:-\$

Heatherette · « **Reply #27 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:13:15 pm »

^Kumuha nalang kayo ng bagong wifi and router then kayo nalang ng kasama mo nakakaalam ng password.

Kasi sis, kung iisipin mo palagi yun, ma-stressed ka lang. Get a separate internet connection nalang.

ning kuting · « **Reply #28 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:18:09 pm »

For sophisticated hackers sis, wifi or DSL, kahit anong gamit mo mahahack ka nila as long as you're connected to the Internet.

Di naman ganun kadaling mang-hack sis. You need to know high-level programming. Di porke't techie kayang mang-hack.

M!ssy · « **Reply #29 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:28:41 pm »

Yun nga po ibig ko sabihin. Kasi may mga nabasa ako na may mga hackers who roams around neighborhood, searching for wifi connection and monitors activities (online bankings, private chats, etc)
My point is, kahit magpalit ba kami ng everything, kung may techie malicious nearby, possible pa din yung sinasabi ko.

Siguro, forget na lang about my situation. Let's just say kunyari (para lang example sa mga curious) user 1 wants to stalk user 2..
Can user1 do that through user2's wifi connection lang? (password protected) Given na super techie nga tong si stalker.

Heatherette · « **Reply #30 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:34:23 pm »

Gaya ng sabi ni sis ning kuting, hindi ganun kadali mag-hack at hindi porket techie kaya ng mang-hack. Let's say may magaling na hacker, yes, maha-hacked ka while kung di naman magaling, hindi ka maha-hack. Simple as that.

Heatherette · « **Reply #31 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:36:03 pm »

Ang problem dyan, hindi mo alam na naha-hack ka na so kung hacker talaga kalaban mo, kahit ano siguro protection gawin mo (unless eh nasa Pentagon ka pero hindi pa rin eh kasi na-hacked din yun) eh wala ka talaga magagawa.

freelancer_babe · « **Reply #32 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:56:07 pm »

@Missy,

I think you worry too much, hehe. While it's true that hacking is a concern and your fears could be true (the videos that you see in youtube proves that) - in a home wifi hacking should much less be a concern. Public wifis are more dangerous.

I'm speaking as a techie myself here.

Nope other people in your network won't be able to access your email, FB, chat etc and they won't ever see what is in your history folder. Yung mga emails these days are pretty much secure - the sites start with "https". You can configure your FB to use secured connection rin. There's no easy way to decrypt any secure website even with the use of sniffing tools. Most chats are transmitted using secured connections too. Also even with a sniffing tool it is not possible to see/easy to figure out if you are transmitting anything "private" via chat or webcam.

Remove those "shared" folders sa computer network so others won't see what's inside them.

Double check your computer for any hardware and software keyloggers. Since you are using mac, baka wala rin lang ang mga yan sa mismong computer mo.

Pag napilitan ang password ng wifi, then there's no way for him to be able to get into the network and even access their internet connection unless he has hacked his way into yours. By the way, did you put password din on the admin page and change the IP address ng mismong router ninyo? Consult your router's manual for this. Pwedeng nakuha ni neighbor ang password that way (and this simple hack involve any use of tools). Also, change the password often and don't use easy to guess passwords (baka nahulaan lang? this is highly likely). It should be a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters and with numbers. Try strongpasswordgenerator.com

While it's true that there are those tools for sniffing tools, halos bihira ang mga hackers than you ever think. Hacking is a time-wasting activity. Not all techies are into hacking and would even know how to hack. Masasayang lang ang oras nila figuring out which websites you have gone, what apps you have opened, etc. I strongly doubt your neighbor could even have ALL the time in the world to do that.

So if your neighbor found out you have been visiting pron sites, so what? It won't make that guy next door a rich man. He's might have just realized that he is wasting time. Despite having a sniffing tool, the hackers don't easily see things the WYSIWYG or "what you see is what you get" way. It's a series of cryptic numbers, symbols and letters that takes time to decode - which is why it is such a time-waster!

Chances are, mahina ang signal ng wifi mo, so the incident of getting hacked by those who roam in neighborhoods and by those who live the next door is very very small. I drive a car myself, at karamihan, mahina ang signal ng wifi sa road to even "leech" into them. Sayang lang ang gasolina just finding a strong wifi in neighborhoods. My own strong wifi at home could not even reach the gate of our place!

I also live in an apartment with several neighbors next door and I could not see any other computers logged in my router - been using a router for more than a year now.

The ones who own the strongest wifi signals are business establishments, because they could afford to buy wifi repeaters, industry-type wifi routers and bigger wifi antennas to boost their signal across the road. This is why I prefer to park beside business establishments instead to "leech", because of their strong and fast internet signals.

Lastly, use a recent-model router - the one that you can configure for WPA2-PSK security type. When you change this, you have to upgrade all your devices in the network to support this one. If you are still using WEP router, it just takes seconds for the hacker to get in using brute force, so I strongly suggest that you upgrade to a better router. Hacking a WPA2-PSK router is difficult - still possible but less likey and is very very difficult.

Else, if you are still uncomfortable with everything WIFI, then go for wired connections na lang - buy a wired router instead and use Ethernet cables to connect. Sigurado na yan, sis, wala nang hacking na mangyayari, unless the hacking incident comes from your internet connection online (and this is another story to tell).

ning kuting · « **Reply #33 on:** March 03, 2012, 10:40:27 am »

I don't know how to hack pero madami akong info na alam sa ibang tao. Why? Dahil sa pinagpopost nila sa Facebook nila. Hahaha.

Seriously, people like us who's not that important must be more wary of the things we divulged in social networking sites that the threat of hackers.

M!ssy · « **Reply #34 on:** March 03, 2012, 01:44:09 pm »

Thanks for your inputs. I'm gonna check that WPA2-PSK router. Kelangan talaga kasi namin ng wifi sa house for our other gadgets. Thanks again

pinklilac · « **Reply #35 on:** March 04, 2012, 09:22:17 am »

sis freelancer_babe, wow! ikaw na! the best ka talaga sis..dami ko natutunan sayo..

magpa wifi na rin ako soon.at least may alam na ako kahit paano kung ano ang mas "safer" gawin... thanks

freelancer_babe · « **Reply #36 on:** March 04, 2012, 10:09:16 pm »

yay pinklilac thank you! :-)

colo · « **Reply #37 on:** June 15, 2012, 01:38:54 pm »

great explanation freelancer_babe! Another way to secure one's wifi network more is to hide the SSID (network name) through the admin page, so when other computers pick up the signal, it would show "Other Network" and they have to also guest the SSID + the password. and definitely the password for the admin page must be changed.

the most harm a hacker can do when accessing your wifi network is by hacking a bigger entity with you as his scapegoat.
no worries though, because that neighbour of yours will likely get a very low signal strength.

BAISANAN · « **Reply #38 on:** June 15, 2012, 10:12:05 pm »

nice inputs napa tingin tuloy ako sa setting ko buti nalang naka WPA2-PSK

hot_chili · « **Reply #39 on:** June 15, 2012, 11:12:18 pm »

dami ko natutunan dito

, and after reading I immediately changed my router settings.

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