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Vulnerability in Wi-FI PIN Protection Puts Millions of Routers at Risk

Posted by Ephraim Schwartz
Ephraim Schwartz
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The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-Cert) sent out an alert Dec. 29 warning that the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) PIN, typically the default protection on millions of routers, is susceptible to a “brute force” vulnerability.

Tags: brute force attack, brute force attack, endpoint security, endpoint security, PIN, PIN, routers, routers, US-Cert, US-Cert, vulnerability, vulnerability, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, WPS, WPS
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