Once Thought Safe, WPA Wi-Fi Encryption Is Cracked

Once Thought Safe, WPA Wi-Fi Encryption Is Cracked (flag)

www.pcworld.com — Security researchers say they've developed a way to partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard used to protect data on many wireless networks. The attack, described as the first practical attack on WPA, will be discussed at the PacSec conference in Tokyo next week. ...

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WiFi WPA encryption partially cracked
SlashGear — ... If you’ve not already done so, prepare to ratchet your router security up to WPA2: the latest news from the tech security world is that researchers have figured out a way to at least partially crack WPA encryption. Set to be detailed in an academic journal in a few months time, the process is the work of Erik Tews and Martin Beck who figured out a way to get WPA-encrypted routers to send them a large chunk of data that can then - with the aid of a “mathematical breakthrough” - can be analyzed and used to break WPA’s TKIP key in just ...

WPA Wi-Fi Security Gets Cracked; Your Network is No Longer Secure [Security]
Gizmodo — ... to break the temporary Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) in under 15 minutes. They haven't, however, figured out how to gain access to the data that travels between the PC and the router, so that's a plus. So what should you do to secure your network? Switch to WPA2, which is still uncracked for the time being. And if you want to be one of those marginally-skilled Wi-Fi hackers? Grab the Aircrack-ng Linux program, which has already had this new code added to it. You dick. [PC World via Tech Digest] ...

WPA WiFi Security Gets Cracked; Your Network is No Longer Secure [Security]
Gizmodo — ... to break the temporary Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) in under 15 minutes. They haven't, however, figured out how to gain access to the data that travels between the PC and the router, so that's a plus. So what should you do to secure your network? Switch to WPA2, which is still uncracked for the time being. And if you want to be one of those marginally-skilled WiFi hackers? Grab the Aircrack-ng Linux program, which has already had this new code added to it. You dick. [PC World via Tech Digest] ...

Cracking Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) protocol in 900 seconds, Researcher
D' Technology Weblog — ... PC World says that Tews and his partner Martin Beck have discovered a “mathematical breakthrough” that allows the WPA encryption to be cracked dramatically faster. Some of the tools Tews and Beck used are rumored to have been already included in ...