{"id":480,"date":"2008-11-06T14:46:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T13:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=480"},"modified":"2008-11-06T14:46:32","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T13:46:32","slug":"wpa-wi-fi-encryption-cracked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wpa-wi-fi-encryption-cracked\/","title":{"rendered":"WPA Wi-Fi Encryption Cracked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Macworld is reporting<\/a> that WPA encryption, the most commonly-used encryption for wi-fi networks, has been cracked. Long considered sturdier than WEP, the original form of encryption used on wi-fi networks, it now seems that WPA will need to be supplanted by a newer, more robust form of encryption.<\/p>\n

Researcher Erik Tews found a way to use a “mathematical breakthrough” to find the key and intercept data coming from computers to routers over a wireless network. This is problematic because many businesses have only recently migrated from the less secure WEP, and will now need to move to a newer technology such as WPA2, which will require updating a lot of hardware and software. In addition, many existing devices can only use WPA or the older WEP. <\/p>\n

Wi-fi security is essential, because of the way networks are accessible from unprotected points. This new challenge to security will necessitate a rapid response from vendors of wi-fi hardware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macworld is reporting that WPA encryption, the most commonly-used encryption for wi-fi networks, has been cracked. Long considered sturdier than WEP, the original form of encryption used on wi-fi networks, it now seems that WPA will need to be supplanted by a newer, more robust form of encryption. Researcher Erik Tews found a way to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-security-privacy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t