Researchers have come a step closer to breaking open a common WiFi encryption scheme. An attacker can now read and falsify short packets in the common TKIP version of WiFi Protected Access (WPA) ...

Security researchers say they’ve developed a way to partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard used to protect data on many wireless networks. The attack, described as the ...

Equifax and Yahoo disclosed major security breaches recently, which are quite scary, especially the former. But security researchers are about to unveil to explain how hackers could hack any existing ...

Even after the world has witnessed major Wi-Fi security incidents, such as Google’s Wi-Fi snooping controversy, a recent survey has indicated that WEP based Wi-Fi networks are still operational in ...

I’ve been using a wireless network for a few months. I don’t know much about (Wi-Fi) encryption and security, but I would like to get a better understanding so I can respond appropriately in certain ...

The Kr00k bug arises from an all-zero encryption key in Wi-Fi chips that reveals communications from devices from Amazon, Apple, Google, Samsung and others. SAN FRANCISCO — A serious vulnerability in ...

Computer scientists in Japan say they’ve developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted traffic sent ...

A couple of weeks ago, my home office ground to a standstill because my trusty Wi-Fi router of nearly six years decided to irrevocably quit on me. Not surprisingly, years of service and the internal ...

ESET Research has published its latest white paper, KrØØk - CVE-2019-15126: Serious vulnerability deep inside your Wi-Fi encryption. This blogpost summarizes that white paper, authored by researchers ...

The first wireless security network to mark its appearance was WEP or Wired Equivalent Privacy. It started off with 64-bit encryption (weak) and eventually went all ...

Rob McMillan at IDG has the scoop on new research that shows it's possible to partially crack the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption standard. Full details of the theoretical attack is not yet ...