19943 WPA2 has been found to be unsafe, every router under threat

WPA2 has been found to be unsafe, every router under threat



In the encryption Protocol WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access II), which is responsible for secure transmission of data between wireless access point and the devices, has found several significant vulnerabilities. This means that under threat are the millions of routers and their owners. Found the flaw allows attackers to intercept Wi-Fi traffic that is transmitted over encrypted communication channels.

US-CERT

Information about the potential threat to distributed a unit of the Ministry of homeland security US-CERT, and hundreds of organizations have received an alert message. According to the description of the problem, the mechanism of key management in Dell business handshake Wi-Fi Protected Access II was found several serious vulnerabilities. Using them, the hackers will be able to decrypt the traffic, to intercept TCP connections, HTTP injections, and more. Cyber criminals will not be difficult to seize the credit card numbers, passwords, correspondence, emails, photographs and a bunch of other important confidential data. Depending on network configuration, hackers can also install malware. Experts have published a video that demonstrates exactly how KRACK acts on the device running Android.

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Today US-CERT publicly divulge all the details of detected vulnerabilities on the website krackattacks.comand here are the details about the exploit KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attacks) will tell you is already on the ACM CCS conference, to be held November 1 in Dallas. According to ArsTechnica, the first to eliminate bugs can such companies Aruba and Ubiquiti, which provide wireless access points to corporations and government organizations.

Source: arstechnica.com

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