Microsoft yesterday warned Windows users of possible "man-in-the-middle" attacks able to steal passwords for some wireless networks and VPNs, or virtual private networks. It won't issue a security update for the problem, however. The ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows users, attacks, passwords, wireless networks, VPNs
Hackers of the world,unite!You have nothing to lose but the lousy stock firmware your routers shipped with. Apart from smartphones,routers and wireless base stations are undoubtedly the most widely hacked and user-modded consumer ...
Tags: DD-WRT, Vyatta, security, Hackers, routers, Tomato, OpenWRT, M0n0wall, PfSense
Using non-secured public Wi-Fi hotspots can leave you vulnerable to identity theft,data theft,snooping,impersonation and malware infection.That's why so many people rely on public virtual private network services,but VPNs are no ...
Tags: Computer, VPN, public Wi-Fi hotspot, security
Security researchers released two tools at the Defcon security conference that can be used to crack the encryption of any PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) and WPA2-Enterprise (Wireless Protected Access) sessions that use MS-CHAPv2 ...
Tags: Microsoft, PPTP, US, Cyberwarfare