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WPA2 vulnerable to attack
"A key reinstallation attack vulnerability in the WPA2 Wi-Fi protocol has been made public today. Security researcher Mathy Vanhoef has identified what he dubs a “serious weakness” in the wireless protocol...The attack works against all modern protected Wi-Fi networks,” according to Vanhoef."
Read more here.
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October 16th, 2017 16:00
According to https://www.pcworld.com/article/3233308/security/krack-wi-fi-security-flaw-faq-tips.html
Microsoft quietly released a patch to protect against KRACK on October 10, before the vulnerability was made public: “Microsoft released security updates on October 10th and customers who have Windows Update enabled and applied the security updates, are protected automatically. We updated to protect customers as soon as possible, but as a responsible industry partner, we withheld disclosure until other vendors could develop and release updates”.
For more information, see https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-releases-statement-krack-wi-fi-vulnerability
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October 17th, 2017 12:00
Wonder why that article didn't mention that MS released a KRACK patch...?
And I haven't seen/gotten anything for Android devices...
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October 17th, 2017 13:00
Ron,
That is because it takes a while for all media channels to be updated with changes.