WPA2

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2018
Researchers presented an improved version of the WPA KRACK attack

Security researchers who devised last year the Key Reinstallation Attack, aka KRACK attack,  have disclosed new variants of the attack. Security researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens who devised last year the Key Reinstallation Attack against WPA, aka KRACK attack,  have disclosed new variants of the attack. Last year, boffins discovered several key management flaws in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2018
Wi-Fi Alliance launches WPA2 enhancements and announced WPA3

The Wi-Fi Alliance introduced several key improvements to the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) security protocol and announced its successor WPA3.Wi-Fi security will be dramatically improved with the introduction of the WPA3 protocol. The arrival of WPA3 protocol was announced on Monday by the Wi-Fi Alliance, it is the successor of WPA2 protocol for the security […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2017
KRACK Detector is a tool to detect and prevent KRACK attacks in your network

How to discover if your network is vulnerable to KRACK attack? KRACK Detector is a script that can detect attacks against client devices on your network. Last week I published a post warning of many industrial networking devices from various vendors are still vulnerable to the recently disclosed KRACK attack (Key Reinstallation Attack). The Belgian researcher Mathy Vanhoef […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2017
Industrial Products of many vendors still vulnerable to KRACK attack

Many industrial networking devices from various vendors are still vulnerable to the recently disclosed KRACK attack (Key Reinstallation Attack). Many industrial networking devices are vulnerable to the recently disclosed KRACK attack (Key Reinstallation Attack), including products from major vendors such as Cisco, Rockwell Automation, and Sierra Wireless. A few weeks ago, researchers discovered several key management flaws […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2017
A leaked document raises a doubt about NSA knew the #Krack attack since 2010

An NSA leaked document about the BADDECISION hacking tool raises the doubt about National Security Agency knew the Krack attack since 2010. Security experts are questioning the NSA about the recently disclosed Krack attack the allows an attacker to decrypt information included in protected WPA2 traffic. Security experts believe that the National Security Agency was aware of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2017
Wifi networks are vulnerable to WPA KRACK attack

The KRACK attack allows an attacker to decrypt information included in protected WPA2 traffic. WPA2 standard has been compromised! Boffins have discovered several key management flaws in the core of Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol that could be exploited by an attacker to hack into Wi-Fi network and eavesdrop on the Internet communications stealing sensitive […]