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What You Should Know About the ‘KRACK’ WiFi Security Weakness

October 16, 2017 admin CERT, HTTPS Everywhere, Key Reinstallation AttaCK, KRACK attack, MAC address filtering, Other, Wi-Fi Alliance, Wi-Fi Protected Access II, WPA vulnerability, WPA2 attack, WPA2 flaw

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:43:47 +0000

Researchers this week published information about a newfound, serious weakness in WPA2 — the security standard that protects all modern Wi-Fi networks. What follows is a short rundown on what exactly is at stake here, who’s most at-risk from this vulnerability, and what organizations and individuals can do about it.