Attack Tool Released For WPS Setup Flaw 164
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Trailrunner7 writes "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 has published an open-source tool capable of exploiting the vulnerability. The tool, known as Reaver, has the ability to find the WPS PIN on a given router and then recover the WPA passphrase for the router, as well. Tactical Network Solutions has released the tool as an open-source project on Google Code, but also is selling a more advanced commercial version."
Re:WTF is WPS? (Score:5, Funny)
HA you should have bought a Linksys. I turned on WPS, I typed in my router PIN and I even pushed the button and my devices are still unable to connect.
Secure by design?