{"id":6557,"date":"2017-10-17T07:59:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T21:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=6557"},"modified":"2017-10-17T07:59:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T21:59:25","slug":"wi-fi-is-broken-at-its-core-and-no-one-is-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/wi-fi-is-broken-at-its-core-and-no-one-is-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Wi-Fi is broken at its core and no one is safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KRACK Attacks: Bypassing WPA2 against Android and Linux\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oh4WURZoR98?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. An attacker within range of a victim can exploit these weaknesses using key reinstallation attacks (KRACKs). Concretely, attackers can use this novel attack technique to read information that was previously assumed to be safely encrypted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The attack works against all modern protected Wi-Fi networks&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8230;Note that <strong>if your device supports Wi-Fi, it is most likely affected<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Remember the days of WEP? That thing that was crackable in about 5 seconds, well turns out it&#8217;s replacement WPA2 is fundamentally flawed and just as susceptible.\u00a0WPA2 is the default security protocol used by any modern Wi-Fi device and they&#8217;re all at risk to KRACK attacks of one variation or another.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just limited to the devices that manage your network either, any device using WPA2 from your computer, phone, tablet to your e-reader, security camera or baby monitor, all of them are potential targets and vulnerable to the flaw.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, at the moment, the vulnerability is not in the wild. It will not stay that way forever though and for those who are naive enough to believe it will, I wish you good fortune.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the major network and software companies have either released patches or are about to. Apple have betas in testing for patched versions of iOS, macOS, tvOS &amp; watchOS, Microsoft have updated Windows releases ready to go and many networking hard manufacturers are ready with fixes too including Ubiquiti, Meraki &amp; Netgear.<\/p>\n<p>The major risk factor is for those millions on millions of devices that will likely never be updated or users will just never think to. Android too, with it&#8217;s loosely supported updates, is likely to suffer should the attack ever make it beyond the closed walls of the labs.<\/p>\n<p>Be diligent, check in with your home router&#8217;s manufacturer today and be sure to update as soon as a fix becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krackattacks.com\/\">KRACK Attacks: Breaking WPA2<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. 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