An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A flaw in WPS, or WiFi Protected Setup, known about for over a year by TNS, was finally exploited with proof of concept code. Both TNS, the ...

A router with WPS requires a PIN to allow other devices to connect, and this PIN should be unique to every router and not derived from other easily accessible data found on the router. When [Craig] ...

When you think about home Wi-Fi and wireless security, technical concepts like antiviruses, encryption, and vulnerabilities often come to mind. Still, the simpler things usually end up causing the ...

On December 27, the Department of Homeland Security’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued a warning about a vulnerability in wireless routers that use WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) to allow new ...

If you set WPA/WPA2 security protocol on your home or small business wireless router, and you think your Wi-Fi is secure, there are two recently released brute force tools that attackers may use to ...

It’s been over two months since it was discovered that Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is vulnerable to a brute force attack that could give hackers access to a wireless router in an average of two hours.

Security researchers have released new tools that can bypass the encryption used to protect many types of wireless routers. Ironically, the tools take advantage of design flaws in a technology pushed ...

The recent wave of new mesh router systems has brought with it changes besides the obvious increase in Wi-Fi range. For example, these mesh routers are more likely to insist on WPA2-AES encryption, as ...

WiFi hacking has long been a favorite pastime of hackers, penetration testers, and people too cheap to pay for their own Internet connection. And there are plenty of targets out there for would-be ...

Security researcher Stefan Viehbock has exposed a hole in the Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN-protection system used by a number of hardware manufacturers. Security researcher Stefan Viehbock has exposed a ...