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 ...

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 ...

Darryl Boyett asked if his home WiFi connection, which uses WPA2 protection, is safe enough for online banking. I can’t promise you that it is absolutely, 100-percent safe; but yes, it is safe enough.

Note that these changes to the WPA and WPA2 standard only pertain to the "enterprise" version and not the "personal" version. The WPA enterprise standard is meant for businesses or organizations and ...

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 ...

At the start of the millennium, the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) security protocol allowed encrypted data to be sent securely between two endpoints. In 2003, the ...

Mathy Vanhoef, a researcher from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), has discovered a severe flaw in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks.

The WPA2 protocol has some problems—a potentially major issue, if that’s your only source of security. WPA2 is the security protocol for Wi-Fi. It replaced WEP, which was hacked many years ago. While ...