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 ...

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. ...

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

When the next-generation Wi-Fi Protected protocol released 15 months ago, it was heralded as a being resistant to most types of password-theft attacks. However, it turns out that claim is rubbish.

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 ...

My target was a Cisco Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router, an older but fairly common residential WiFi router. The PIN for the router is printed on the bottom, along with its MAC address ...

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 ...

By now you’re well aware that offering WiFi access to customers is a smart business decision. It can significantly increase customer satisfaction, sales, visibility in the community, and even ...

LONDON — The first round of products to pass Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) interoperability testing should be shipping by the end of May, according to the Wi-Fi Alliance, the trade body responsible for ...