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Step by step guide to connect your PC to router using Wi-Fi Protected Setup or WPS. Also learn how WPS works, and the devices that support WPS.
Security researcher Stefan Viehbock has revealed a flaw with Wi-Fi Protected Setup that could enable attackers to brute-force their way into PIN-protected networks in a short period of time ...
Looks like your WiFi might not be quite as secure as you thought it was. A paper recently published by [Stefan Viehböck] details a security flaw in the supposedly robust WPA/WPA2 WiFi security ...
New optional certification -- Wi-Fi Protected Setup -- provides an industry-standard approach to ease setup of Wi-Fi networks.
You know that easy to setup Wi-Fi access point or router of yours? It turns out that the easy to setup part is also easy to hack: Really easy to hack.
The Wi-Fi Alliance has updated one of its more popular product certification programmes to include Near Field Communication (NFC). Wi-Fi Protected Setup is now said to offer a simplified way to set up ...
WiFi Protected Setup, a standard created by the WiFi Alliance, is designed specifically for home and small business users of wireless networking to easily configure devices without having to enter ...
Hands-on: hacking WiFi Protected Setup with Reaver We try out an attack tool developed by researchers who wanted to demonstrate … ...
Design flaws in the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) wireless standard can make it easier for attackers to obtain access codes for secured wireless networks by brute force. The vulnerabilities ...
What does Wi-Fi Protected Setup actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup now supports NFC for tap-to-connect access to work, home networks Connecting to a wireless network just got that little bit easier, thanks to NFC support.
Not if you use 0xcite's new technique, however; the research firm has detailed a flaw in some router chipsets that lets hackers bypass the push-button security of WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) almost ...