How safe is your WPA2 Wi-FI device?

  • 20 October 2017
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Protocol-level security flaws in WPA2 may affect ALL Wi-Fi devices!
The widely-used WPA2 Wi-Fi security protocol features various 'protocol-level' security issues that render almost all Wi-Fi devices vulnerable to hacks.
 
The US-CERT has warned of several key management vulnerabilities in WPA2 security protocol that may affect all Wi-Fi devices.
 
In short, almost all Wi-Fi devices featuring the WPA2 security protocol are vulnerable to key flaws in its 4-way handshake process. According to a security researcher who spoke to Ars Technica, hackers can compromise encryption around Wi-Fi traffic by establishing a key for encrypting such traffic in certain ways.
 
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