Security News > 2019 > April > WPA3 design flaws affect security of new Wi-Fi standard

Researchers have discovered a number of design flaws affecting the security of the recently introduced WPA3 data transmission protocol. Collectively dubbed Dragonblood (because they affect WPA3’s Dragonfly handshake), they can be exploited to mount a DoS attack against a vulnerable access point or, more worryingly, to recover the password of a Wi-Fi network. “Attackers can then read information that WPA3 was assumed to safely encrypt. This can for example be abused to steal sensitive information … More → The post WPA3 design flaws affect security of new Wi-Fi standard appeared first on Help Net Security.

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