FYI@Librarian: Study @ `Password-locked Wi-Fi prone to cyber attacks'

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Study @ `Password-locked Wi-Fi prone to cyber attacks'

Study @ `Password-locked Wi-Fi prone to cyber attacks'

Your password-protected Wi-Fi connection could be vulnerable to trespassing. Researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens from Belgium's KU Leuven University claim to have discovered a weakness in a Wi-Fi security protocol called WPA2 that leaves password-protected WiFi connections open to cyberattacks and manipulation. The possible ramification of the startling discovery stretches worldwide from Allahabad to Auckland.

The researchers reported the issue in July to the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team Coordination Center, and the WiFi Alliance.