The Wi-Fi Alliance has introduced the first major security improvement to Wi-Fi in about 14 years: WPA3. The most significant additions to the new security protocol are greater protection for simple ...
In a recent column, I suggested that a consumer worried about Internet banking over a home Wi-Fi network could use a wired Internet connection that would be safer. But several readers asked whether ...
Computer scientists in Japan say they’ve developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted traffic sent ...
QUESTION: My Wi-Fi network was set up for me, and it's not password protected. It connects a Toshiba laptop, a Sony PlayStation 3, a Roku media player -- and, I suppose, anyone else in the area. I do ...
The Kindle supports a number of wireless connection encryption methods. Both Wired Equivalent Privacy and Wi-Fi Protected Access are usable with the Kindle. WEP and ...
A couple of weeks ago, my home office ground to a standstill because my trusty Wi-Fi router of nearly six years decided to irrevocably quit on me. Not surprisingly, years of service and the internal ...
Encryption is the process of converting readable data, known as plaintext, into a jumbled string of data called ciphertext. Encryption algorithms use mathematical operations to scrabble data, making ...
SecureRF, a data security startup in Westport, Conn., has announced what it calls a breakthrough data security application, which can be used to protect data transmitted by passive or active RFID tags ...
Computer scientists in Japan say they’ve developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted traffic sent ...