Tuesday, February 9, 2010

New Attack Cracks Wi-Fi Security in One Minute

New Attack Cracks Wi-Fi Security in One Minute

Scientists in Japan claim they have developed a way to crack WPA Wi-Fi encryption in about one minute. WPA is a common wireless encryption standard used in homes and businesses. The attacks work only on WPA systems that use the TKIP algorthim, not the newer WPA 2 and WPA systems that use AES encrpytion.Wi-Fi certified devices have had to support the WPA 2 standards since 2006.

Full Story (ComputerWorld.com)

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