As part of their purported security protocols routers using WPA2 must reconnect and re-authenticate devices periodically and share a new key each time. The team points out that the de-authentication ...

Computers, cell phones, tablets and other devices exchange files, stream media and share Internet connections over Wi-Fi networks. Most networks utilize a security protocol to prevent unauthorized ...

A key reinstallation attack vulnerability in the WPA2 wi-fi protocol has been made public today. Security researcher Mathy Vanhoef has identified what he dubs a “serious weakness” in the wireless ...

Wi-Fi, the wireless data transfer technology practically all of us use on a daily basis, is in trouble. The WPA2 security protocol, a widespread standard for Wi-Fi security that's used on nearly every ...

The first products certified to support Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), the latest wireless security technology, were announced by the Wi-Fi Alliance on Wednesday. The Wi-Fi Alliance says that WPA2 ...

Many articles have been written in the last few days about the latest flaw discovered in WPA TKIP security for wireless networks. In a nutshell they all boil down to WPA bad, WPA2 good. Never mind ...

A team of Belgian researchers has discovered the vulnerability, which allows attackers to eavesdrop Wi-Fi traffic passing between computers and access points, reports ArsTechnica. The exploit is known ...

Update: Apple says the security vulnerability has been fixed in the beta versions of the next software updates to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. These releases are expected this month (based on Apple ...

WPA2 is the security protocol for Wi-Fi. It replaced WEP, which was hacked many years ago. While WEP is still supported by most wireless access points, WPA2 is now the recommended security measure.

The recently-disclosed vulnerability in the Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) protocol is not an issue critical enough to set vendors "scrambling to fix", but serves as a "wakeup call" to organizations ...

A new security flaw found in the WPA/WPA2 security protocols could enable an attacker to crack WiFi passwords and compromise routers. The security flaw was found by accident, by security researcher ...

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