Security News

The realities of WiFi troubleshooting (Help Net Security)
2016-10-20 12:30

WiFi continues to be the source of serious problems and confusion in enterprise K-12 and higher education. The most common issues reported were WiFi association and WiFi performance, followed by...

Public Wi-Fi: Users’ habits and perceptions of risk (Help Net Security)
2016-10-19 13:00

A new Xirrus survey highlights users’ habits and perceptions of risk when connecting to public Wi-Fi. The survey polled more than 2,000 business users, including executives and IT professionals,...

Lust for public Wi-Fi trumps security concerns (ZDNet)
2016-10-19 00:06

New Linksys WRT3200ACM open source Wi-Fi router is optimization ready (Help Net Security)
2016-10-14 13:00

Linksys announced the next generation of its one and only WRT router – the WRT3200ACM. It features Tri-Stream 160 technology creating the fastest Dual Band router available and MU-MIMO technology...

Google wants to revamp public Wi-Fi networks, but what about security? (Help Net Security)
2016-10-10 13:15

William Shakespeare once wrote, “the eyes are the windows to your soul,” but if you ask savvy retailers, they might say it’s guest Wi-Fi. Why? New Wi-Fi systems allow them to use powerful features...

Tesla Patches Cars Against Wi-Fi 'Braking' Attack (InfoRiskToday)
2016-09-21 13:35

BT's Wi-Fi Extender works great at extending your password to hackers (The Register)
2016-09-21 07:20

Using Wi-Fi Signals to Identify People by Body Shape (Schneier on Security)
2016-08-30 17:57

Another paper on using Wi-Fi for surveillance. This one is on identifying people by their body shape. "FreeSense:Indoor Human Identification with WiFi Signals": Abstract: Human identification...

Researchers Use WiFi Signals to Read Keystrokes (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-30 17:23

Keystroke Recognition from Wi-Fi Distortion (Schneier on Security)
2016-08-30 11:04

This is interesting research: "Keystroke Recognition Using WiFi Signals." Basically, the user's hand positions as they type distorts the Wi-Fi signal in predictable ways. Abstract: Keystroke...