Japanese computer scientists have discovered a way to crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access WPA) encryption system. This new attack makes it possible for hackers to break into wireless router systems and read encrypted traffic sent between computers and WPA encryption systems.
The new attack works only on WPA systems using the old Temporal Key Integrity Protocol algorithm. It cannot break the newer devices using WPA 2 Standard or the stronger Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. Hackers are yet to discover a means of breaking these algorithms.
The encryption systems used by Wireless routers have never really been foolproof. Actually the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) was cracked within a few years of its introduction in 1997. Newer standards are, nevertheless, more secure and since March 2006, Wi-Fi certified products are required to use the WPA 2 standard. But there are still a decent amount of devices using the older standard and this new development makes them particularly vulnerable.
The new attack works only on WPA systems using the old Temporal Key Integrity Protocol algorithm. It cannot break the newer devices using WPA 2 Standard or the stronger Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. Hackers are yet to discover a means of breaking these algorithms.
The encryption systems used by Wireless routers have never really been foolproof. Actually the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) was cracked within a few years of its introduction in 1997. Newer standards are, nevertheless, more secure and since March 2006, Wi-Fi certified products are required to use the WPA 2 standard. But there are still a decent amount of devices using the older standard and this new development makes them particularly vulnerable.
Scientists in Pisa, Italy assert to encompass and set a novel world record for the quickest wireless data broadcast. They report that they were proficient to attain through-put velocities above 1.2 Terabits per second, which they state beats the preceding wireless data transmission velocity record of 160 Gigabits per second by Korean scientists. The expertise that the Pisa scientists exploited essentially shares a noteworthy resemblance with fiber optics. Contrasting Wi-Fi or microwave communiqués, which utilize radio-based transmissions, the Pisa scientists utilized a technology named free-space optical communications. In open space optics, an energy shaft of light is collimated and broadcasted through breathing space rather than being steered through an optical cable.