Last week we showed you how to crack a Wi-Fi network's WEP key using a live CD and some command line fu. Today we've got other cracking options—but more importantly, clarification on the point of all ...

Even after the world has witnessed major Wi-Fi security incidents, such as Google’s Wi-Fi snooping controversy, a recent survey has indicated that WEP based Wi-Fi networks are still operational in ...

Providing security for wireless LANs (WLANs) presents particular challenges. In a wired network it is possible to maintain physical control over the access points (APs)-an intruder must have access to ...

A group of German cryptographic researchers (Erik Tews, Andrei Pychkine, and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann) at the cryptography and computer algebra group at the technical university Darmstadt in Germany have ...

MacFixIt reader Guy Kuo reports a limitation in Apple's AirPort devices that prevents proper access to Windows-based wireless networks using a WEP slot key other than "1." In essence, if the wireless ...

The television show 60 Minutes recently aired a story on the theft of customer data from TJX Companies, the parent company of such well-known stores as TJMaxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods. That company ...

The encryption key of your D-Link router is the only thing that separates your wireless network from would-be hackers, data thieves or bandwidth leeches. Although important for home users as well, it ...

When I blogged earlier this week about TJX's failure to secure their wireless LAN and how it may end up costing TJX a billion dollars, I knew that it was merely the tip of the iceberg with so many ...

The first wireless security network to mark its appearance was WEP or Wired Equivalent Privacy. It started off with 64-bit encryption (weak) and eventually went all ...