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| [HUGE loving NEWS] Major security flaw discovered in WPA2 protocol |
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| RedGajin:
https://www.krackattacks.com/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/severe-flaw-in-wpa2-protocol-leaves-wi-fi-traffic-open-to-eavesdropping/ TL;DR --- Quote ---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. This can be abused to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, emails, photos, and so on. The attack works against all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. Depending on the network configuration, it is also possible to inject and manipulate data. For example, an attacker might be able to inject ransomware or other malware into websites. The weaknesses are in the Wi-Fi standard itself, and not in individual products or implementations. Therefore, any correct implementation of WPA2 is likely affected. To prevent the attack, users must update affected products as soon as security updates become available. Note that if your device supports Wi-Fi, it is most likely affected. During our initial research, we discovered ourselves that Android, Linux, Apple, Windows, OpenBSD, MediaTek, Linksys, and others, are all affected by some variant of the attacks. --- End quote --- Essentially this effects anyone that uses wi-fi. Any information you access over your wi-fi network, on any OS, can be easily read by an attacker, regardless of the level of encryption. Accessing websites through HTTPS should still be secure. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PATCHES, I'll try and keep this topic updated with patches as they are released. Reddit thread containing details on available patches |
| Agent Legit 22:
oh god we're dead. |
| Becquerel:
oh my god This is a digital state of emergency |
| Woof:
Ethernet for the win! |
| RedGajin:
for those of you that use a vpn, use it for everything until this gets patched. for those of you that don't, start using one |
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