What’s the security implications of briefly connecting to a public wifi

Case study:
Amazon Fire Stick accidently connects to a BT (UK "ISP") Open WiFi with no security. Upon connecting, the login screen of BT portal is presented, however, the user realising their mistake disconnects from the WiFi, an… Continue reading What’s the security implications of briefly connecting to a public wifi

First Wi-Fi 7 tech demo shows off next-gen speeds

It feels like Wi-Fi 6 only just got here, but of course technology marches ever forward. Wi-Fi 7 is on the horizon already, and MediaTek has now announced the first live demos of the next-gen tech, which should be much faster than what we’re used to.Co… Continue reading First Wi-Fi 7 tech demo shows off next-gen speeds

Adding WiFi Remote Control to Home Electronics? Be Prepared to Troubleshoot

[Alex] recently gave a Marantz audio amplifier the ability to be remotely-controlled via WiFi by interfacing an ESP32 board to a handy port, but the process highlights how interfacing to …read more Continue reading Adding WiFi Remote Control to Home Electronics? Be Prepared to Troubleshoot

Why do we need to connect to a network to be able to read all packets while packet sniffing?

I can’t understand much about packet sniffing operation when it’s in a network.
Well, packets are encrypted with PTK to prevent sniffing from monitor mode but when we are in client mode and we connected to a network, we were able to read t… Continue reading Why do we need to connect to a network to be able to read all packets while packet sniffing?