Why Disable Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)? Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a feature designed to simplify the process of connecting devices to a wireless network, but it comes with significant security ...

Unsecured Wi-Fi networks can attract unwanted users who slow speeds and threaten security, but identifying and removing them ...

Design flaws in the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) wireless standard can make it easier for attackers to obtain access codes for secured wireless networks by brute force. The vulnerabilities identified ...

We try out an attack tool developed by researchers who wanted to demonstrate the security vulnerabilities of wireless access points equipped with WPS. Our experience shows that you can't necessarily ...

The vulnerability in the WPA2 security protocol leaves virtually everyone who connects to the internet via Wi-Fi at risk of devastating attacks that can reveal everything you do online as well as your ...

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is an alternate on-ramp to a Wi-Fi network. Thinking that clicking on the name of a network and entering its password is too hard, the Wi-Fi Alliance came up with the WPS ...

A security researcher known for pointing out faults in WiFi security has discovered another vulnerability. The newly unearthed flaws, known as "frag attacks," are believed to be widespread as they ...

The ubiquitous Wi-Fi standard has at least three design flaws that allow a local attacker to intercept and exfiltrate wireless traffic, while additional implementation flaws enable more serious ...

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 ...