Canon Inkjet printers have been found to retain sensitive Wi-Fi information after the usual wipe that is performed in the initialisation process. Canon have released a security advisory to warn their customers that information that can be used to connect to previously connected Wi-Fi is kept within the memory of the Wi-Fi connection settings, and […]
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iPhone users should beware after a bug is disclosed that can disable the WiFi system simply by connecting to a hotspot with a specially crafted name. The bug in iOS results from a poorly sanitised input string (Improper Input Validation) and in this case it was a failure to remove escape sequences from the input.
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Design and Implementation flaws in Wi-Fi standards have been disclosed that could leave home and enterprise Wi-Fi networks vulnerable. The flaws are thought to affect all Wi-Fi systems from WEP through to the latest WPA3 security standard. The vulnerabilities have been named FragAttacks as they are mainly related to flaws in the way Wi-Fi fragments
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Kr00k is a serious Wi-Fi vulnerability which can trick a device to retransmit the last 32k of encrypted traffic with an encryption key of all zeros. The flaw affects devices using Wi-Fi chips from Broadcom and Cypress including Apple devices, Amazon Echo and Google Nexus devices. The bug can be triggered when a device disconnects
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A remote code execution vulnerability in the Zigbee protocol allowed researchers to hack a Hue smart bulb and use that as a beachhead to compromise an entire network. Security Researchers at Check Point have demonstrated how to exploit a vulnerability in a Philips Hue smart bulb (CVE-2020-6007) and then pivot to compromise the Hue hub
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Security research firm Embedi has recently published a report on the Marvell Avastar Wifi chip used in many devices including Microsoft Surface and Surface Pro, Samsung Chromebooks and some Samsung phones and the Sony Playstation 4 to name but a few. The flaw in Marvell’s implementation of the ThreadX operating system running on the Wifi
The Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) — the body responsible for creating the encryption standard used by billions of wireless Wi-Fi products worldwide — announced in January 2018 some significant improvements to its security protocol Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2). In a much-anticipated move, the Wi-Fi Alliance also announced WPA3. The new protocol is designed to work alongside
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