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 ...

Security experts got a scare recently after a hole was found in an encryption code, allowing hackers to easily snatch transmissions passing through wireless networks. The vulnerabilities were ...

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 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 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 ...

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP): An encryption technique built into 802.11 wireless LANs using 40-bit keys. 802.1X: An authentication standard for LANs and WLANs, used ...

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 ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — A 20-year-old undergraduate student from Rice University, Adam Stubblefield, has earned the distinction of being the first to implement a devastating new attack on the wired ...

Michael Murphy, director of information systems support services at Minneapolis-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, parent company to more than 300 hotels in North America, would like to use stronger ...

AJ Dellinger is a writer, reporter, and editor based in Madison, Wisconsin. He has been published in Wired, Gizmodo, CNET, and a variety of other publications. He has covered small business and ...