Security researcher Stefan Viehbock has revealed a flaw with Wi-Fi Protected Setup that could enable attackers to brute-force their way into PIN-protected networks in a short period of time. Although ...

Most of the routers come with a special feature that allows any device with Wi-Fi to connect with a password. It’s called WPS or Wi-Fi Protected Setup standard. While the support for WPS has been ...

Whatever the root cause may be, the easiest way to protect against this exploit right now is to turn WPS off -- not a big problem if you're comfortable with a router setup page, but probably more of a ...

The US-CERT is warning of a security threat in a protocol that's supposed to make it easier to set up a protected Wi-Fi network. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...

The US-CERT is warning about a vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup standard that reduces the number of attempts it would take an attacker to brute-force the PIN for a wireless router’s setup ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance has updated one of its more popular product certification programmes to include Near Field Communication (NFC). Wi-Fi Protected Setup is now said to offer a simplified way to set up ...

Design flaws in the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) wireless standard can make it easier for attackers to obtain access codes for secured wireless networks by brute force. The vulnerabilities identified ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance has certified the first products implementing its new simplified method for configuring security-enabled networks in the digital home. The new optional certification, called Wi-Fi ...

Unpacking, plugging in and configuring a new WiFi router is usually not among most people’s holiday highlights. But if a new wireless hub should be among the presents you take out of a box, spending a ...

An enhancement to certified Wi-Fi products that makes it easy to add new devices to a secure Wi-Fi network. Introduced by the Wi-Fi Alliance in 2007 and initially called "Wi-Fi Simple Config," Wi-Fi ...

Looks like your WiFi might not be quite as secure as you thought it was. A paper recently published by [Stefan Viehböck] details a security flaw in the supposedly robust WPA/WPA2 WiFi security ...