wireless

The ubiquitous nature of Wi-Fi has certainly made our lives easier and more convenient in a lot of ways, it’s also undoubtedly made them more dangerous, too – particularly when it comes to our privacy.

Everyone knows that public Wi-Fi networks are inherently risky thanks to the wide array of (shockingly easy) ways that they can be hacked. ...

Did you know that wireless devices almost always present a security vulnerability?  Wireless signals pass through the air and can be intercepted and read by a savvy attacker.  To protect wireless communication sessions, usually the wireless link is protected with some form of encryption.  Last week I was teaching a CISSP class, and we were discussing the security vulnerabilities inherent in wireless networking, when one of the students asked if wireless keyboards are secure.  The research I did while answering ...