wpa
Greater Wi-Fi Adoption brings the need of higher security
Over the last few years, Wi-Fi has become the primary mode for network access. This is especially true in the consumer market where the rapid adoption of Smart Home technology, streaming media and IoT devices has increased the number of devices in the home. The need for flexible workspace and ubiqui…
Perspective About the Recent WPA Vulnerabilities (KRACK Attacks)
On October 16th,Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens, from the University of Leuven, published a paper disclosing a series of vulnerabilities that affect the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocols. These are protocol-level vulnerabilities that affect wireless ven…