Trying to keep your WiFi safe can feel confusing. There are a bunch of letters like WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 that show up when you look at your router settings. You might wonder what they all mean ...

Wi-Fi Protected Access, or WPA, was introduced to correct the inherent weaknesses of WEP. Although it does improve security, it has its own problems. The encryption key used by WPA relies on a ...

You can stop using Wi-Fi until your routers are fixed, and switch to Ethernet instead. You should also consider using Virtual Private Networks (VPN) to obfuscate your internet usage, especially if ...

ESET Research has published its latest white paper, KrØØk - CVE-2019-15126: Serious vulnerability deep inside your Wi-Fi encryption. This blogpost summarizes that white paper, authored by ...

But since security-minded folks like Webmonkey readers probably long ago ditched WEP (an older wifi encryption scheme cracked years ago) in favor of WPA -- thinking it was the secure alternative ...

A new encryption standard for Wi-Fi Internet access is more secure than its predecessor, but it isn't entirely off-limits to hackers. By Elisa Batista.

Rob McMillan at IDG has the scoop on new research that shows it's possible to partially crack the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption standard.Full details of the theoretical attack is not yet ...

The rejection of China's Wi-Fi encryption algorithm has sparked allegations of foul play. The Standardization Administration of China, a group promoting China's wireless encryption standard ...

Wireless signals out in the air, of course, are much more accessible. Agito FMC primary competitor DiVitas currently supports voice-over-Wi-Fi connections without encryption.

Today, researchers published details of a new attack against Wi-Fi encryption, which they dubbed “Krack.” Manufacturers have known about the issue for more than a month, but it still caught ...

Computer scientists in Japan say they've developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. How do they do? The attack gives hackers a way to read ...

However the pair are as-yet unable to crack the encryption keys used to secure PC to router data. Parts of their code has already found its way into Beck's Aircrack-ng WiFi encryption hacking tool ...