Rogue modems are still plentiful?

Posted by Tate Hansen Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:18:00 GMT

I was doing a scope call for a large grocery chain recently when they mentioned they discover around 20 rogue modems per quarter per division (and they have more than 12 divisions). That number is way higher than I would've guessed, though maybe lots of the modems are legitimate but not on their official roster.

Whatever the case may be, wardialing is not a moribund activity, or as close to it as I thought.

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  1. Anthony Williams said 9 days later:

    Tate,

    That is an astonishing number indeed. Do you have any data that these are desktop modems or in computer modems (PCI winmodems or the built in laptop variety)?

    Also are they run off the back of a PBX based phone or connected directly to a wall based jack?

    I suppose now I don’t feel so silly keeping wardialing software on my laptop and toting around an RJ11 cable in my backpack!

  2. Tate Hansen said 12 days later:

    I don’t know the answers to your questions yet, but we are in the running to win the project. If we score it, I’ll be sure to share the numbers.

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