A few weeks ago, the folks at Elcomsoft announced the firm had enhanced what it calls a password-recovery tool by allowing WPA (WiFi Protected Access) and WPA2 passphrases to be brute-force cracked ...

A network security key is basically your Wi-Fi password — it's the encryption key that protects your internet. There are three different kinds of network security keys: WEP, WPA, and WPA2, each more ...

AirDefense recently did a Wireless LAN security survey of New York City retailers where they declared two thirds of retailers insecure according to John Cox's story. According to the AirDefense survey ...

As part of their purported security protocols routers using WPA2 must reconnect and re-authenticate devices periodically and share a new key each time. The team points out that the de-authentication ...

If you are like most people, your home or small office wireless router probably is running without any encryption whatsoever, and you are a sitting duck for someone to easily view your network traffic ...

The WPA2 encryption scheme has been broken leaving Wi-Fi connections open for would-be attackers who could use an attack to read information that was previously believed to have been secure because it ...

Find out how WPA and WPA2 improve upon WEP's encryption methods for better wireless security. The previous tip in this series on wireless encryption methods explained how WEP works. By 2001, hacker ...

WPA2 is the security protocol for Wi-Fi. It replaced WEP, which was hacked many years ago. While WEP is still supported by most wireless access points, WPA2 is now the recommended security measure.

Researchers have disclosed a serious weakness in the WPA2 protocol that allows attackers within range of vulnerable device or access point to intercept passwords, e-mails, and other data presumed to ...