Abstract

In this talk, we will explore how perfectly legitimate and useful features like the Wi-Fi Hosted Network on Windows 7 can be abused by malware to wreck havoc! We will see how an attacker could create Wi- Fi worms, backdoors and botnets using different techniques and attack Windows 7 clients using WPA2- PSK networks. These malware will use their own private Wi-Fi network to propagate and communicate with the attacker, and each other. We will also look at how to create proxy chains using Wi-Fi clients and how this technique makes it almost impossible to trace back the attacker! Who knows, the next Stuxnet may just use Wi-Fi for propagation over USB