Mathy Vanhoef, a security expert at Belgian university KU Leuven, discovered the weakness in the wireless security protocol WPA2, and published details of the flaw on Monday morning. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoThe development is significant because the compromised security protocol is the most secure in general use to encrypt wifi connections. This means connections to secure websites are still safe, as are other encrypted connections such as virtual private networks (VPN) and SSH communications. “There is a limited amount of physical security already on offer by wifi: an attack needs to be in proximity,” Hudson wrote. “Additionally, it’s likely that you don’t have too many protocols relying on WPA2 security.

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2017 08:33 UTC