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Broken WEP WiFi Encryption Still Operational in Large Numbers

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 large numbers, even though, WEP, at present, is widely understood as an easily broken sec ...

Posted 07 September 2012 by Ajay Gupta

tags: Wi-Fi , Wi-Fi Security, Sophos, Warbiking, Wardriving, WPA, WPA2, WEP, Security, London, Aircrack-ng, encryption

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What Can a Hacker Do with Stolen WiFi Credentials?

Recently HTC acknowledged a vulnerability that can expose a user’s WiFi credentials, including the WiFi SSID and security passwords to a malicious app running on some of its Android phones. The vulnerability was discovered by the security architects Chris Hessing and Bret Jordan, and i ...

Posted 03 February 2012 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi, Wi-Fi security, WPA, WPA2, PSK, 802.1x, Hole196, Eavesdropping, BYOD, Man-in-the-middle, HTC, Android, Security

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Implications of Wi-Fi Protected Setup Vulnerability

After mentioning briefly about the recently discovered Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) vulnerability due to certain design flaws in various routers of major Wi-Fi Vendors, the present blog tries to capture the potential implications of the WPS vulnerability. Unauthorized Access to Wi-Fi network: With t ...

Posted 09 January 2012 by Ajay Gupta

tags: Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Security, WPS, Eavesdropping , WPA/WPA2, PSK, Reaver, WPS PIN, Wireshark, Man-In-the-Middle, Access Point, Wi-Fi router, SOHO

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Enabling WPS Can Make You Vulnerable

Adding to the users convenience, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming a default capability of many consumer devices, including smartphones, printers, cameras, TVs, etc. to wirelessly share contents, access Internet or connect to a particular network. However, configuring the correct Wi-Fi settings ...

Posted 29 December 2011 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi, WiFi Security, WPS, WPA, WPA2, PSK, Security, Smartphones, SSID, Passphrase, Wi-Fi Alliance

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Google’s Approach of a “_NOMAP” Wi-Fi ZONE

Google recently announced an approach to provide Wi-Fi Access Point owners an option to opt-out from the Google Location server, thereby addressing specific privacy concerns of certain Access Point owners, and of the users in the coverage area of specific Access Point(s). Location based services ( ...

Posted 20 November 2011 by Ajay Gupta

tags: Google, WiFi , WPS, _nomap, SSID, Stalking, Robbery, Crime, Privacy, LBS, GPS

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False Sense of Security among WiFi Users

A recent survey conducted by Wakefield Research for the WiFi Alliance has revealed that 97% of surveyed WiFi users believe that the data on their devices and networks is “safe and secure”. However, when questioned further about various steps taken to secure their WiFi networks or devices ...

Posted 11 October 2011 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi, WiFi Security, WiFi Alliance, Hotspot, WPA2, VPN

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Privacy Consequences of WiFi MAC Availability Over the Air

In a recently released report titled “Wi-Fi Positioning Systems: Beware of Unintended Consequences” – by Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, and Kim Cameron, a leading digital identity expert – indicates that availability of mobile device ...

Posted 16 June 2011 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi, WiFi Security , WPS, MAC, Privacy , Smartphone, Privacy Breach

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WPA2 Secured Hotspots: Feasible with New WiFi Alliance Hotspot Certification

Public WiFi hotspots have shown tremendous growth in recent years. Much of this can be attributed to growing number of people carrying smart mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) and using bandwidth-consuming internet applications (such as gaming, social networking sites and audio/video s ...

Posted 23 March 2011 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi , WiFi Security, Hole196, WiFi Alliance, Hotspots, Smartphones, Eavesdropping , WiFi Hacking, Smartphones, WPA2, WPA-PSK

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WiFi Hacking not Always a Cyber Crime

If someone is assuming that hacking/breaking into a WiFi router for piggybacking on the router’s internet connection is illegal, then he/she needs to double check the same with the applicable CyberLaw. This was highlighted in view of a recent WiFi hacking incident where a student broke into a ...

Posted 19 March 2011 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi , security, router, cyber crime, hacking

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WiFi Security Still Elusive for Many Users

WiFi security continues to hog the limelight with the series of related revelations and incidents happening periodically. And the latest in this series are the results of a online survey conducted by the UK's Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published recently, which revealed th ...

Posted 18 March 2011 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi, MiFi, Eavesdropping , wardriving, ICO, security

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Senator Schumer Calls for Increased Public WiFi Security

Increased use of public WiFi access at hotspots, retail stores, hotels and other similar establishments has recently motivated New York Democrat, Sen. Charles Schumer, to call on major US website operators – including Amazon and Twitter – to switch to secure protocol (HTTPS) ...

Posted 28 February 2011 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi, Firesheep, Eavesdropping, Session Hijacking , HTTPS, Firefox , security

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Summarizing WiFi security revelations for the year 2010

WiFi security remained in focus with noticeable and widely discussed incidents and revelations happening all throughout the year. These events will surely provide strong testimony for advocating the importance of secure WiFi deployments/usage in coming years. The importance can be judged against the ...

Posted 28 December 2010 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi , WiFi Security, Smartphone, Hole196, Firesheep, MiFi, Rogue AP, Soft AP, WPA, WPA2, iPhone

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Firesheep Add-on: Exploiting Security Vulnerabilities of Websites over Insecure WiFi Networks

Firesheep is a recently released Firefox add-on/extension, developed by software freelancer Eric Butler. The intention behind the add-on was to expose the gravity of commonly found security vulnerability in many websites, particularly popular social networking sites, such as Facebook, Amazon, ...

Posted 16 November 2010 by Ajay Gupta

tags: Firesheep, WiFi, WiFi Security, Eavesdropping , BlackSheep, Vulnerability

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Practicing Continuous PCI DSS Compliance

The importance of ongoing/continuous PCI DSS compliance processes as an effective means to curb security breaches at a merchant’s site is being touted by many experts in the PCI field lately. Verizon's recommendations also mention this importance in it’s recently released report ...

Posted 07 October 2010 by Ajay Gupta

tags: PCI , PCI DSS, Compliance, Rogue

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Path to PCI DSS Compliance: High Incidence of WiFi Vulnerabilities

The Deadline to comply with PCI DSS requirements, set for Level 1 Merchants by VISA, recently passed on Sept. 30, 2010. However, what we do not yet know is how many of these merchants have successfully met the compliance requirements. Knowing the ‘path to c ...

Posted 04 October 2010 by Ajay Gupta

tags: PCI DSS, WiFi Security, WiFi, VISA, Rogue AP, CDE

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WiFi consumerization raising security concerns

The growing WiFi capability in the variety of consumer devices is readily evident nowadays. These devices include cameras, camcorders, printers, scanners, smartphones, televisions, music/video players, e-book readers and many more. Having been equipped with WiFi capability, these devices are ...

Posted 29 September 2010 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi, WiFi Security, WIPS, Consumerization , WPS, WIDS

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WPA2 Exposed with 'Hole 196' Vulnerability

Until now, the WPA security version known as ‘WPA2 (AES encryption) with 802.1x authentication’ was considered as one of most secure WiFi deployments by most wireless security experts. This is due to the resilience of this version to brute force dictionary attacks that can possibly ...

Posted 23 July 2010 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi, WPA2, Hole 196, TKIP, WiFi Security

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Secure WiFi Networks: WiFi Alliance and Legal Authorities Coming Forward

WiFi, today, has become a near ubiquitous technology, used by most of us, with our WiFi enabled gadgets, while we are at offices, homes, public places or while traveling. However, awareness about WiFi security is still lacking and practice of configuring poorly secured or unsecured WiFi netw ...

Posted 05 July 2010 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi Security, WiFi Alliance, WiFi, WEP, WPA, WPA2, Ad hoc

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Do Enjoy 'One Click' Free WiFi at Starbucks, but Safeguard Your Privacy

Six months after McDonalds started offering free WiFi, Starbucks also announced it would provide complimentary WiFi service, starting July 1, 2010. As mentioned by Starbucks, the free WiFi will be unlimited and requires just one click, without the need of a username/password to go onl ...

Posted 01 July 2010 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi, WiFi Security, Starbucks, Hotspot, EvilTwin

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Russian Spies in the US: Corporate Spies Could Follow their Communication Methods

As reported recently, Russian spies in US used private WiFi networks as a means for secret communications. These networks were found to be operating in the ad hoc mode (also knows as peer-to-peer mode) in which two or more WiFi clients can directly communicate with each other over WiFi links without ...

Posted 30 June 2010 by Ajay Gupta

tags: WiFi Security, WiFi, WiFi ad hoc, WiFi monitoring, WIDS

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