Security News

Needless Panic Over a Wi-FI Network Name
2017-12-01 15:56

A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing because someone named his wireless network (presumably from his smartphone) "bomb on board." In 2006, I wrote an essay titled "Refuse to be...

Apple protects its Wi-Fi enabled devices from KRACK attack
2017-11-02 17:53

Apple has released security updates for its many popular products, and has finally plugged the recently unveiled WPA2 flaws that allow attackers to extract sensitive information from Wi-Fi...

Apple Patches Dangerous KRACK Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities
2017-11-01 12:42

Apple on Tuesday released a new set of security patches for its products, including fixes for Wi-Fi vulnerabilities disclosed in mid October. read more

Industrial Products Also Vulnerable to KRACK Wi-Fi Attack
2017-10-27 12:38

Some industrial networking devices are also vulnerable to the recently disclosed KRACK Wi-Fi attack, including products from Cisco, Rockwell Automation and Sierra Wireless. read more

Vendors Race to Fight KRACK Wi-Fi Attacks
2017-10-17 14:52

Technology companies worldwide have released or are working on releasing patches to address the dangerous Wi-Fi vulnerabilities publicly disclosed this week. read more

WPA2 weakness allows attackers to extract sensitive info from Wi-Fi traffic
2017-10-16 22:00

WPA2, a protocol that secures modern protected Wi-Fi networks, sports serious weaknesses that can allow attackers to read and capture information that users believe to be encrypted (e.g....

Security Flaw Prompts Fears on Wi-Fi Connections
2017-10-16 19:47

A newly discovered flaw in the widely used Wi-Fi encryption protocol could leave millions of users vulnerable to attacks, prompting warnings Monday from the US government and security researchers...

Dangerous WPA2 Flaw Exposes Wi-Fi Traffic to Snooping
2017-10-16 14:34

A series of vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi standard render all Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol implementations vulnerable to a new type of attack, security researchers have discovered. read more

KRACK Attack Devastates Wi-Fi Security
2017-10-16 14:16

The KRACK, or key reinstallation attack, disclosed today allow attackers to decrypt encrypted traffic, steal data and inject malicious code depending on the network configuration.

New KRACK Attack Against Wi-Fi Encryption
2017-10-16 13:39

Mathy Vanhoef has just published a devastating attack against WPA2, the 14-year-old encryption protocol used by pretty much all wi-fi systems. Its an interesting attack, where the attacker forces...