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By William Chalk
A new study by researchers Matty Vanhoef and Eyal Ronen revealed five vulnerabilities – collectively named ‘Dragonblood’ – in the WPA3 Wi-Fi standard. Four of the five are considered a severe threat to online security. What does this t… Continue reading The Future of Wi-Fi Security: Assessing Vulnerabilities in WPA3
Let’s get caught up on computer security news! The big news is Shadowhammer — The Asus Live Update Utility prompted users to download an update that lacked any description or changelog. People thought it was odd, but the update was properly signed by Asus, and antivirus scans reported it as …read more
Continue reading Shadowhammer, WPA3, and Alexa is Listening: This Week in Computer Security
Researchers have discovered several holes in a new security protocol for wireless networks. Continue reading Dragonblood: Data-leaking flaw in WPA3 Wi-Fi authentication
In the news, Bitcoin mining ban considered by China’s economic planner, Yahoo strikes $117.5 million data breach settlement, Serious flaws leave WPA3 vulnerable to hacks that steal Wi-Fi passwords, WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange arrested an… Continue reading Bitcoin, WikiLeaks, & Julian Assange – Paul’s Security Weekly #600
Like I asked in the thread title; Will the new WPA3 protocol make it impossible to hack a WIFI’s password using tools like aircrack-ng?
Continue reading Will the new WPA3 protocol make it impossible to hack WIFI Password?
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Is it possible for someone to figure out my WIFI password by following me?
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Windows 10 users don’t have to wait much longer for the support of latest WPA3 Wi-Fi security standard, a new blog post from Microsoft apparently revealed.
The third version of Wi-Fi Protected Access, in-short WPA3, is the next generation of the wirel… Continue reading New APIs Suggest WPA3 Wi-Fi Security Support Coming Soon to Windows 10
Someone told me that in WPA2, forward secrecy is achieved by generating ephemeral keys through the handshake’s nonces, but I couldn’t find how WPA3 achieves it exactly (could not find info regarding nonces in WPA3). Could someone shed some… Continue reading How does WPA3 provide forward secrecy?
WiFi Alliance has announced that WPA3 will include SAE protocol, which is based on the Dragonfly handshake, leaving behind the 4-way handshake used in WPA2 that was vulnerable to KRACK.
From what I could gather, the device and the router … Continue reading Help me understand SAE for WPA3
WPA3 uses AES-128 for message encryption in Personal and 192 bits in Enterprise. Thus the secret of communication is kept using this symmetric encryption protocol. As I have understood, security problems in wireless networks usually tend t… Continue reading In WPA3, how would one attack the AES-encrypted connection?