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New version of the WPA KRACK attack

Faceless Computer Hacker Investigators designed a new version of the reinstalling key attack, also known as KRACK Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens, experts in digital forensics, have revealed new variants of the KRACK attack. Last year, experts found several key management flaws in the core of the WiFi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol that could be […]

Google Fixes The KRACK WiFi Exploit For Android, Download OTA Now

Google has released a new security patch to make Android devices fool-proof against the KRACK exploit which affected around 41% of Android devices. KRACK attack takes advantage of critical WPA2 vulnerabilities which made almost every WiFi-compatible device weak against attacks. Back then, it was known that the KRACK attack Android fix would be coming in a […]

Industrial Products of many vendors still vulnerable to KRACK attack

Many industrial networking devices from various vendors are still vulnerable to the recently disclosed KRACK attack (Key Reinstallation Attack). Many industrial networking devices are vulnerable to the recently disclosed KRACK attack (Key Reinstallation Attack), including products from major vendors such as Cisco, Rockwell Automation, and Sierra Wireless. A few weeks ago, researchers discovered several key management flaws in […]

KRACK Attack: 41% of Android Devices Affected And Easy To Hack

The website krackattacks.com is now live and provides details on the recently known WPA2 exploit proof-of-concept known as KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attack). The KRACK attack works on all modern protected WiFi networks against both WPA1 and WPA2, and against cipher suites including WPA-TKIP, AES-CCMP, and GCMP). The list of products affected by some variant of attack includes Android, […]

Severe WiFi Hack: WPA2 “KRACK Attack” Threatens WiFi Users Around The World

You might have heard or read about WPA2 (WiFi Protected Access II), it is most common wireless encryption protocol that you’ll find in use on networks such as home, public cafes, etc. Now, researchers have found critical vulnerabilities in the 13-year-old protocol that can allow attackers, within the physical range of your network, to decipher the […]