Until now, the assumption was that the risk of an intruder breaching a wireless network secured by the WPA2 system was adequately protected. Tsitroulis and colleagues have now shown this not to be the ...

Wireless routers have two sets of passwords: one that allows users to join it when it is using a wireless encryption method such as WPA-PSK, and another for accessing its administrative control panel.

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.

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 ...

WPA2 is the security protocol for Wi-Fi. It replaced WEP, which was hacked many years ago. While WEP is still supported by most wireless access points, WPA2 is now the recommended security measure.

If your Wi-Fi feels slow, default router settings may be the reason. Neighbours can access your network easily, but fixing ...

Thanks to upcoming developments in Wi-Fi, all of us connectivity-heads out there can look forward to getting familiar with new 802.11 protocols in the near future. Ars took a deep look at what’s on ...