Tag Archive for: KRACK

Android security update fixes KRACK, slaps Band-Aid on Pixel 2 XL screen

  1. Android security update fixes KRACK, slaps Band-Aid on Pixel 2 XL screen  Ars Technica
  2. Android Security Bulletin Released For November 2017; OTAs Rolling Out to Pixel and Nexus Devices  XDA Developers (blog)
  3. Android’s monthly security bulletin now details functional updates for Pixels and Nexus phones  Android Police
  4. Google Search can now compare specifications between devices and highlight differences – Android Police  Android Police
  5. Full coverage

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Secure Wifi Hijacked by KRACK Vulns in WPA2 – Dark Reading

Secure Wifi Hijacked by KRACK Vulns in WPA2
Dark Reading
Depending on the encryption protocols being used by the WiFi network, the "attacks may include arbitrary packet decryption and injection, TCP connection hijacking, HTTP content injection, or the replay of unicast and group-addressed frames," US-CERT

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Smashing Security podcast #048: KRACK, North Korea, and an 18th century cyber attack

Smashing Security podcast #048: KRACK, North Korea, and an 18th century cyber attack

KRACK! Has the Wi-Fi vulnerability got you worried? Did North Korea hack a British TV company? And what have Dutch police learnt from Pokémon?

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Virus Bulletin editor Martijn Grooten.

Graham Cluley

KRACK Wi-Fi attack – the rules haven’t changed

Krack - the rules haven't changed

KRACK may be the biggest vulnerability of the year – a flaw in the WPA2 protocol used to encrypt Wi-Fi communications.

Graham Cluley