Pwnie Express Releases Android-Based Network Hacking Kit

At last year's RSA security conference, we ran into the Pwnie Plug. The company has just come out with a new take on the same basic idea of pen-testing devices based on commodity hardware. Reader puddingebola writes with an excerpt from Wired: "The folks at security tools company Pwnie Express have built a tablet that can bash the heck out of corporate networks. Called the Pwn Pad, it's a full-fledged hacking toolkit built atop Google's Android operating system. Some important hacking tools have already been ported to Android, but Pwnie Express says that they've added some new ones. Most importantly, this is the first time that they've been able to get popular wireless hacking tools like Aircrack-ng and Kismet to work on an Android device." Pwnie Express will be back at RSA and so will Slashdot, so there's a good chance we'll get a close-up look at the new device, which runs about $800.

I'd buy one

[cpicon92]

A lot of people are probably going to come on here and talk about how you can just root your standard Android tablet and then set it up to work the same way.
Frankly, I think that's a lot of work. Possibly more than $800 worth of work at standard IT wages. I think every corporate IT department should invest in one of these, it would seriously improve network security on the whole.

Re:I'd buy one

[andydread]

What does this do for corporate IT departments that BackTrack5 on a $200 laptop cannot?