A router with WPS requires a PIN to allow other devices to connect, and this PIN should be unique to every router and not derived from other easily accessible data found on the router. When [Craig] ...

Just a day after security researcher Stefan Viehbock released details of a vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) standard that enables attackers to recover the router PIN, a security firm ...

The recent wave of new mesh router systems has brought with it changes besides the obvious increase in Wi-Fi range. For example, these mesh routers are more likely to insist on WPA2-AES encryption, as ...

An attacker can remotely infiltrate your home Wi-Fi router even if you have protected it with a password, according to an Austrian security researcher. Stefan Viehböck created a proof-of-concept hack ...

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is an alternate on-ramp to a Wi-Fi network. Thinking that clicking on the name of a network and entering its password is too hard, the Wi-Fi Alliance came up with the WPS ...

I've never trusted Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) on my Wi-Fi access points (AP) and routers. I've always thought that anything that was that easy to set up had to be easy to hack. It turns out my gut ...