Find out how WPA and WPA2 improve upon WEP's encryption methods for better wireless security. The previous tip in this series on wireless encryption methods explained how WEP works. By 2001, hacker ...

With the rise in frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks, you don’t even have to leave your home to be the victim of crime. If unscrupulous individuals gain access to your home network, every ...

Security experts got a scare recently after a hole was found in an encryption code, allowing hackers to easily snatch transmissions passing through wireless networks. The vulnerabilities were ...

Businesses can secure their wireless networks using Wi-Fi protected access and WPA2, which are wireless security protocols that encrypt data sent through your router. TKIP and AES encrypt and decrypt ...

As the Internet of Things continues to rapidly expand, more and more entrepreneurs and developers are working to create new IoT applications and take advantage of the booming industry. For developers ...

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 ...

Two new encryption efforts have emerged from the firestorm of complaints over the easily compromised short and static keys used in 802.11’s original security ...

If you have been reading about potential vulnerabilities in the new 802.11i security standard lately, stop fretting. There’s nothing inherently vulnerable about 802.11i per se (at least, not that we ...

The purpose of properly securing a wireless access point is to close off the network from outsiders who do not have authorization to use your services. This is often easier said than done. A wireless ...

The FBI today is urging local wireless network owners to secure their networks in light of a new hacking vulnerability. Network owners who use Wireless Encryption Protocol, or WEP, could have their ...

Wireless networking continues to make inroads in metropolitan and rural areas across the U.S. as the development of 802.1x technologies and associated standards forges ahead. Wireless broadband and ...

The Edwards resident and long-time local spent a recent evening in a convertible cruising the highways of Eagle County, scanning the airwaves with a homemade antenna and his laptop computer and ...