An attacker can now read and falsify short packets in the common TKIP version of WiFi Protected Access (WPA) encryption in about one minute—a huge speed increase from the previously-required 12 ...

Short for Wi-Fi Protected Access II, WPA2 is the security protocol used by most wireless networks today.

The one you want, and the one that should be selected by default, is WPA2-AES, which stands for “WiFi Protected Access II--Advanced Encryption Standard. ...

In Friday’s IT Blogwatch, we have the key to your data, or maybe not. Not to mention where it’s shakin’… Robert McMillan cracked the case: Security researchers say they’ve developed a ...

Sometime ago I wrote about how your WiFi might be hacked due to a technical SNAFU in something that is a standard feature of WiFi access points (APs) called "WiFi Protected Setup" or WPS.

WiFi has became pervasive. Not just laptops, but an arsenal of palmed-sized devices including smartphones, PDAs (personal digital assistant) and mobile media players, now connect to the Internet ...

If they're like the ones within range of my office, most of them are protected by the WiFi Protected Access or WiFi Protected Access 2 security protocols. In theory, ...

Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) is the latest encryption standard for Wi-Fi networks. It enhances the security of your network by providing stronger encryption protocols compared to its ...

WPA, or Wi-Fi Protected Access, is a 256-bit encryption protocol that is more secure than the older, weaker WEP standard that uses 64- or 128-bit encryption.

Leaving WiFi on makes the device vulnerable to a Key Reinstallation Attack — also known as a “KRACK” attack — which manipulates protected access through encryption keys and establishes a ...

One device acts as an access point, and the other device connects to it using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) security protocols. The standard was developed and ...