[telecom] Android-based Pwn Phone is prepared to do evil for your network's own good

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Android-based Pwn Phone is prepared to do evil for your network's own good

Hands on: Pwnie Express takes Ars through its new Android phone for white hat hackers.

by Sean Gallagher May 5 2014 Ars Technica

Mobile technology has made it possible for people to do an amazing amount with tablets and smartphones within the workplace-including hacking the living daylights out of the corporate network and other people's devices. Pwnie Express is preparing to release a tool that will do just that. Its Pwn Phone aims to help IT departments and security professionals quickly get a handle on how vulnerable their networks are in an instant. All someone needs to do is walk around the office with a smartphone.

Pwnie Express' Kevin Reilly gave Ars a personal walk-through of the latest Pwn Phone, the second generation of the company's mobile penetration testing platform. While the 2012 first-generation Pwn Phone was based on the Nokia N900 and its Maemo 5 Linux-based operating system, the new phone is based on LG Nexus 5 phone hardware. However, it doesn't exactly use Google's vanilla Android.

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