Source: www.techradar.com --- Monday, October 16, 2017
Ah, WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access): you've protected our Wi-Fi so well for so many years now. Unfortunately, that illusion of safety was shattered earlier today when security researcher Mathy Vanhoef reported a vulnerability in the WPA2 handshake protocol that he's calling KRACK (for "Key Reinstallation Attack). Since almost every modern Wi-Fi device uses it, that effectively means every modern Wi-Fi compatible device is vulnerable. You'll find more information about it in our earlier coverage . Fortunately, Apple, Google and Microsoft have all already issued statements saying they've addressed the issue in some form or another. Microsoft, in fact, has already addressed the vulnerability, along with an exhaustively detailed list of the changes it made. You should be able to protect your PC or any other Windows-powered device with a simple update. "Microsoft released security updates on October 10th and customers who have Windows Update enabled and applied the security updates, are protected automatically," the company said in a statement. "We updated to protect customers as soon as possible, but as a responsible industry partner, we withheld disclosure until other vendors could develop and release updates." Check out our best VPN guide; any of the top-rated VPN services is likely to be good enough to protect you, even with KRACK around. Apple informed Rene Ritchie of iMore that it had already patched the vulnerability in the bet ...
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