RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext?

["Duffy, Shawn" <SDuffy () NCIINC com>]

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Checking into it may be a legality problem.  For those of you
interested in trying this one out at your local BestBuy, be aware
they may already know...

Anyway, at this point, I suggest you contact local law enforcement
and ask them what they think.  By now, I would hope most areas have a
network tasks forces that can at least address the issue either for
you or with you when you  confront BestBuy.  Who knows, you may be a
hero and hire you as a CSO ;-)

Also, I wouldn't doddle on this, you may prevent an identity theft!

Shawn.



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From: Blue Boar [mailto:BlueBoar () thievco com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:57 AM
To: vuln-dev () securityfocus com
Subject: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext?


I was asked to anonymously proxy this question to the list.  Here ya
go.

                                                BB

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This past week I went to bestbuy to purchase a D-link wlan card...
egar to 
get my laptop up and running while in the car I put my card in and 
installed the driver. I noticed the traffic light was lit up as if I
had a 
connection. Out of curriosity I fired up kismet and sure enough there
were 
packets flying through the air right infront of BestBuy. Well I
decided to 
run in an try to make a Credit Card purchase real quick to verify
that my 
info was not going all over the parking lot in the clear. Well after 
sorting out my logs I noticed what looked to be like SQL queries and
table 
headers in my logs ... things such as CUSTOMER_ROUTEID, BANKNAME, 
REGISTER_ID and things of that nature... luckily no where in that
data did 
I find my own credit card. Non the less I decided to run to the store
next 
to BestBuy while I left me PC on grabbing packets. Well yesterday I
sorted 
through the data collected and this time I did indeed find a RAW
clear text 
credit card number....not mine ... but definately a credit card
number.

Heres my delima... I checked out a few of the other best buy stores
for 
"beacon packets" and everyone I drove by was sending them out...so I
assume 
all BestBuy's are wlan enabled. What I need to find out is ... are 
BestBuys's Cash register terminals indeed using wlan and are they
indeed 
sending out MY data in the clear... I am NOT comfortable using my
credit 
card at ANY BestBuy as of right now...  due to legality though I
don't feel 
comfortable walking into the store and confronting someone about
it.... for 
all I know it could be standard BestBuy corp. practices to use
nonsecure 
wlan. I figured by starting a thread other people that have attempted
this 
may have more info or some from BestBuy may be reading the list and
they 
may pipe up.

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