New Wi-Fi chip bug affects everything from Amazon’s Echo to home routers
An estimated 1 billion devices are affected.
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A flaw in Amazon’s Ring doorbells leaked customers’ Wi-Fi credentials
It's only the latest example of security technology introducing new gateways of attack into a user's home.
A bug in Wi-Fi ‘extenders’ could give a hacker full control over the devices
The vulnerability in a piece of TP-Link gear is just the latest bug to be found in popular home networking equipment.
If you have a Wi-Fi router, the firmware is probably old, a new report says
The study was completed in response to an FBI warning in May related to VPNFilter.
Alliance aims to thwart nosy Wi-Fi spies with new security standards
WPA3, with new password protections and encrypted channels, will be running before 2018 ends.
How a bad Wi-Fi router flaw led to a perfect example of responsible disclosure
The story how a researcher, a security industry behemoth and a private telecom company all came together to act responsibly in order to fix a bad flaw.
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Severe weakness in Wi-Fi security gives hackers wide access to eavesdrop
"This can be abused to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, emails, photos, and so on."
New report warns of connected-car security dangers
Securing the connected, smart and increasingly autonomous cars of tomorrow against hackers and online criminals will only get harder, warns the Cloud Security Alliance.
Researcher finds vulnerability in popular microchips used in Android and iPhones
Security researchers have found a crucial vulnerability in a popular chipset used in smartphones that allows for an attackers to launch a remote, Wi-Fi delivered virus to…
Report: New Android malware hijacks DNS
New malware dubbed Switcher attacks Wi-Fi routers from Android devices on the network.