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WiFi Protected Setup Flaw Can Lead to Compromise of Router PINs

The US-CERT is warning about a vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup standard that reduces the number of attempts it would take an attacker to brute-force the PIN for a wireless router’s setup ...
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Attack Tool Released for WPS PIN Vulnerability

Just a day after security researcher Stefan Viehbock released details of a vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) standard that enables attackers to recover the router PIN, a security firm ...
Ars Technica

Desktop asks for router PIN, laptop connects without issue

I lost connection to the Internet on my desktop yesterday, upon trying to reconnect I received a page asking me for the PIN to my router, at first I entered what I believed to be the correct PIN after ...
GMA Network

WiFi WPS security vulnerability found, major router makers affected

Wireless network administrators, beware: a vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup in some wireless routers threatens to make it easier for attackers to gain access to the router via brute force, a ...
Computerworld

Brute force tools crack Wi-Fi security in hours, millions of wireless routers vulnerable

If you set WPA/WPA2 security protocol on your home or small business wireless router, and you think your Wi-Fi is secure, there are two recently released brute force tools that attackers may use to ...