A fundamental security issue in the design of the IEEE 802.11 WiFi protocol standard, according to a technical study written by Domien Schepers, Aanjhan Ranganathan, and Mathy Vanhoef of imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven, allows attackers to deceive access points into exposing network frames in plaintext. When the receiver is in sleep mode, for example, Wi-Fi devices … Continue reading New WiFi Flaw Let Attackers Hijack Network Traffic