There is a 'devastating' security flaw in Wi-Fi, and you're likely at risk- Business Insider
The article, talk of researchers finding out there is a sought of 'loophole' in Wi-fi networks. The 'loophole' led to the researchers finding that a flaw in the security used to protect Wi-fi from others, this is potential credit card details, private messages etc. being taken by hackers.
The actual 'loophole'/weakness was found in a protocol and it is being called a KRACK attack which is a reference to the "key reinstallation attack" that was used. From the article, it allows a hacker to intercept and read sensitive and important data being transferred from network to user.
It is seen as a very serious venerability in the system as it effects a large amount of devices on a large scale
Hudson suggests that the hackers, when attacking the security system, would look like any other 'nodes' on the network meaning it would be hard to detect if you are being hacked if it is disguised as part of the websites encryption. Also, he states this would cause more problems especially with those of which are cheap internet-enabled devices as they would more likely have poor security.
I think this can be seen as a negativity towards security for others. The accessibility of others information from just being on the same network is externally troublesome to those who aren't able to afford expensive security for their internet.
However, I find it also the fault of i.e banks, who can automatically save information onto their systems and also the inability for these websites to detect such irregular algorithms in their systems.
I think the known flaw of new media would be it is so in-demand and mass produces, there may not be detailed care into systems and protection from hackers. Hackers have always be a problem such as the hacking of 'Ashley Madison' or those of government documents.
Yet, the article could outline these problems can be changed and updated, but in practice, these will take time to roll out, and not all hardware vendors will update their products in a timely fashion.
- Any attacker needs to be on the same Wi-Fi network as you to target you.
- A major security flaw has been found in a protocol that protects modern Wi-Fi.
- If your phone or computer is Wi-Fi enabled then it's probably at risk, researchers say.
- "The attack works against all modern protected Wi-Fi networks," "If your device supports Wi-Fi, it is most likely affected."- Mathy Vanoef stating his findings on a website
The actual 'loophole'/weakness was found in a protocol and it is being called a KRACK attack which is a reference to the "key reinstallation attack" that was used. From the article, it allows a hacker to intercept and read sensitive and important data being transferred from network to user.
It is seen as a very serious venerability in the system as it effects a large amount of devices on a large scale
- Any attacker needs to be physically on the same Wi-Fi network as you
- "There are plenty of nasty attacks people will be able to do this. They may be able to disrupt existing communications. They may be able to pretend to be other nodes on the network. This could be really bad ... they can definitely pretend to be non-secure resources. Almost certainly there are other problems that will come up, especially privacy issues with cheaper internet-enabled devices that have poor security."- Alex Hudson, Iron Group CTO
Hudson suggests that the hackers, when attacking the security system, would look like any other 'nodes' on the network meaning it would be hard to detect if you are being hacked if it is disguised as part of the websites encryption. Also, he states this would cause more problems especially with those of which are cheap internet-enabled devices as they would more likely have poor security.
I think this can be seen as a negativity towards security for others. The accessibility of others information from just being on the same network is externally troublesome to those who aren't able to afford expensive security for their internet.
However, I find it also the fault of i.e banks, who can automatically save information onto their systems and also the inability for these websites to detect such irregular algorithms in their systems.
I think the known flaw of new media would be it is so in-demand and mass produces, there may not be detailed care into systems and protection from hackers. Hackers have always be a problem such as the hacking of 'Ashley Madison' or those of government documents.
Yet, the article could outline these problems can be changed and updated, but in practice, these will take time to roll out, and not all hardware vendors will update their products in a timely fashion.
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