With the rise in frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks, you don’t even have to leave your home to be the victim of crime. If unscrupulous individuals gain access to your home network, every ...

Find out how WPA and WPA2 improve upon WEP's encryption methods for better wireless security. The previous tip in this series on wireless encryption methods explained how WEP works. By 2001, hacker ...

The first wireless security network to mark its appearance was WEP or Wired Equivalent Privacy. It started off with 64-bit encryption (weak) and eventually went all ...

Security researchers on Monday revealed a major flaw in the widely used wireless network protocol WPA2. The Belgian researcher who discovered the weakness, Mathy Vanhoef of KU Leuven, dubbed the new ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

The Kindle supports a number of wireless connection encryption methods. Both Wired Equivalent Privacy and Wi-Fi Protected Access are usable with the Kindle. WEP and ...

U.S. Army soldiers use SecNet 11 to send link-encrypted communications. Modular Internet protocol-based encryption technology enables wireless transmission of Top Secret information. Sending Top ...

The FBI today is urging local wireless network owners to secure their networks in light of a new hacking vulnerability. Network owners who use Wireless Encryption Protocol, or WEP, could have their ...

The organization that certifies wireless LAN products under the WiFi name unveiled new specifications Thursday for how vendors should make their products more secure. The guidelines call for new ...

The purpose of properly securing a wireless access point is to close off the network from outsiders who do not have authorization to use your services. This is often easier said than done. A wireless ...

The Edwards resident and long-time local spent a recent evening in a convertible cruising the highways of Eagle County, scanning the airwaves with a homemade antenna and his laptop computer and ...