A router with WPS requires a PIN to allow other devices to connect, and this PIN should be unique to every router and not derived from other easily accessible data found on the router. When [Craig] ...
Stefan Viehböck published his technique in late 2011, one which greatly reduced the number of brute-force attempts needed to find a working WPS PIN. While router manufacturers can somewhat thwart this ...
On the plus side, your router's mostly secure. Security researcher Stefan Viehbock has just discovered a major security hole which allowed him to use a brute force technique to access a WPS ...
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 ...
Security researchers have released new tools that can bypass the encryption used to protect many types of wireless routers. Ironically, the tools take advantage of design flaws in a technology pushed ...
The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced an update to its certification program for perhaps one of the most under-used features in networking products: WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). WPS is a push-button or ...
An attacker can remotely infiltrate your home Wi-Fi router even if you have protected it with a password, according to an Austrian security researcher. Stefan Viehböck created a proof-of-concept hack ...
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 ...
The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced an update to its certification program for perhaps one of the most under-used features in networking products: WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). WPS is a push-button or ...