WPA2 compromised.

[FONT=&quot]A disclosure looks imminent from some researchers about a serious flaw in WPA2. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]https://twitter.com/kennwhite/status/919522184384729089[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Reserved CVEs are:[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]CVE-2017-13077
CVE-2017-13078
CVE-2017-13079
CVE-2017-13080
CVE-2017-13081
CVE-2017-13082
CVE-2017-13084
CVE-2017-13086
CVE-2017-13087
CVE-2017-13088[/FONT]

"[FONT=&quot]Reading through that twitter threads and some referenced links, it looks like they've found a vulnerability in the four way handshake, most likely a vulnerability in common implementations of the RNG. Likely implications include successfully impersonating a secure network, and decrypting data."[/FONT]

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stryder144

Damn! This should get very, very interesting.

gespenstern

Shutting down my wifi home network, effective immediately!

alias454

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/16/wpa2_inscure_krackattack/

football_fan2017

Time to break out the cat-6

jibtech

It appears vendors were made aware quite a while ago, so this isn't a zero day surprise. A few have already developed patches.

But, the home routers? Holy hell.
Good luck hooking up that CAT6 to your iPhone.

cyberguypr

Ethernet on iPhone/iPad? Easy!

ipadethernet.png?w=600&ssl=1

PersianImmortal

Yikes...

shochan

https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2017/10/16/falling-through-the-kracks/

PJ_Sneakers

No problem, I'll just set my antenna power to 1, and make my family sit next to the router if they want to get on the internet. They'll love the sudden increase in family time.

mikey88

PJ_Sneakers wrote: »

No problem, I'll just set my antenna power to 1, and make my family sit next to the router if they want to get on the internet. They'll love the sudden increase in family time.

LOL! winning

Kore

@mikey88

Don't forget some good bonfire stories.

NOC-Ninja

Sometimes a company needs to get hacked so that the IT department will get funds from the top.

alias454

Family time is overrated

. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/list-of-firmware-and-driver-updates-for-krack-wpa2-vulnerability/

danarzu

We will never be in secures zones !

joshuamurphy75

So... Are WiFi Pineapples going to be on sale now?

danarzu

Kore wrote: »

@mikey88

Don't forget some good bonfire stories.

It's true !