
New research has identified various flaws in the security of Wi-Fi connections. Attackers could take advantages of these weaknesses to get access to private data. New security updates were announced yesterday.
New research has identified various flaws in the security of Wi-Fi connections. Attackers could take advantages of these weaknesses to get access to private data. It is likely that the flaws affected all Wi-Fi appliances. Mathy Vanhoef (Department of Computer Science) worked closely with the world’s large IT companies to solve the issues through new updates that were announced yesterday.
Vanhoef, who is affiliated with KU Leuven and New York University Abu Dhabi, found three vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi security protocol. ...