Collaborate Disseminate
I was connected to a hotel wifi and airport wifi last week. Some of the files in my Downloads folder now has been compromised (soft keys stolen).
Can someone connected to same wifi gain access to my Mac? at hotel or airports or home?
I … Continue reading Can someone on same wifi access my computer? [duplicate]
Does OpenSSL support EAP-TLS privacy?
It’s an optional feature part of rfc5216, section 2.1.4.
So sometimes when I’m at home my phone sometimes just disconnects from my WiFi but my school computer ( which they give to anybody who needs one in the district)is still connected to my home WiFi and just last Friday I learned that my scho… Continue reading Can schools see what your on if your using your school laptop hotspot ( which is connected to your home WiFi) and using a VPN [duplicate]
My grandfather is interested in buying a smart tablet. He never had any personal computer or any internet connection. He wants to use his tablet solely to read the newspaper, as they no longer deliver in his area. He intends to download th… Continue reading What are the risks of using an unpatched device connecting to the internet infrequently?
If a non-compromised device is connected to the internet via open Wi-Fi, anyone can view the traffic.
But if all the connections to the servers use a reasonably secure cryptographic protocol (such as a recent version of TLS), is the commun… Continue reading Are TLS v1.3 connections over open Wi-Fi secure?
This article in the Avira (part of NortonLifeLock) security blog discusses (vaguely) security risks of public Wi-Fi. The article states:
Man in the middle attacks are also a very prominent threat, this is when a hacker sets up a network … Continue reading Is it foolish to trust a Wi-Fi network just because it uses a specific recognized SSID?
To my knowledge, WIPS(wireless intrusion prevention system) prevents wireless devices connecting to unauthorized AP by sending de-authentication frames.
If 802.11w Protected Management Frame(PMF) is used, the de-auth frames received by dev… Continue reading How can WIPS block unauthorized AP with PMF enabled?
I have seen a lot of tutorials showing how to MITM a network using various tools. But it usually says that we require a network adapter with monitor mode options.
I own my wifi router and can connect to it using a wired medium too. Can I d… Continue reading How wifi network MITM works?
Say we have a remote transmitter that is not connected to a wifi router (neither wirelessly nor by cable), but which transmits information using electromagnetic waves. Examples include walkie-talkies, mobile phones, and other devices like … Continue reading Can a wifi Access Point be reconfigured to receive other radio signals?
I live in a location which is semi-rural. I also share this Internet access with some people nearby. Although bandwidth is a bit limited (VDSL), other then those imposed by the connection speed there are no data limits, and I’m not ove… Continue reading Is using my address for WIFI SSID a bad idea?