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 ...

You can have a safer network with these five easy-to-implement Wi-Fi tips.

Computers, cell phones, tablets and other devices exchange files, stream media and share Internet connections over Wi-Fi networks. Most networks utilize a security protocol to prevent unauthorized ...

A key reinstallation attack vulnerability in the WPA2 wi-fi protocol has been made public today. Security researcher Mathy Vanhoef has identified what he dubs a “serious weakness” in the wireless ...

If the challenge of securing a wireless LAN wasn't already confusing enough, things have just gotten worse. The confusion started last month when the Wi-Fi Alliance changed the WPA and WPA2 standards ...

The bad news: most people don’t give a second thought to their routers. This lack of know-how puts a lot of households in a dangerous position. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team ...

A recently discovered vulnerability could allow attackers to intercept sensitive data being transmitted between a Wi-Fi access point and a computer or mobile device, even if that data is encrypted.

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 need to add a new computer or device to your home wireless network, your Mac's System Preferences menu is one of the fastest ways to retrieve the WPA2 encryption key that you need to enter on ...

Anthony Cuthbertson is a staff writer at Newsweek, based in London. Anthony's awards include Digital Writer of the Year (Online Media Awards) and Journalist of the Year (Association of Online ...

A few days after Apple pushed out Mac OS X 10.4.2, which includes client-side changes to AirPort software to support a newer, stronger encryption system, the company released AirPort Software 4.2, ...

New method makes cracking WPA/WPA2 Wi-Fi network passwords easier and faster Your email has been sent Major password-cracking tool, Hashcat, found a simpler way to ...