Starting June 8, Amazon will automatically enable a feature on your Alexa, Echo, or other Amazon device that will share some of your Internet bandwidth with your neighbors—unless you choose to opt out. Amazon intends to register its family of hardware devices that are operational in the U.S.—including Echo speakers, Ring Video Doorbells, Ring Floodlight … [Read more...] about Your Amazon Devices to Automatically Share Your Wi-Fi With Neighbors
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Nearly All Wi-Fi Devices Are Vulnerable to New FragAttacks
Three design and multiple implementation flaws have been disclosed in IEEE 802.11 technical standard that undergirds Wi-Fi, potentially enabling an adversary to take control over a system and plunder confidential data. Called FragAttacks (short for FRgmentation and AGgregation attacks), the weaknesses impact all Wi-Fi security protocols, from Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) all … [Read more...] about Nearly All Wi-Fi Devices Are Vulnerable to New FragAttacks
A Bug Could Let Attackers Hijack Firefox for Android via Wi-Fi Network
Dear Android users, if you use the Firefox web browser on your smartphones, make sure it has been updated to version 80 or the latest available version on the Google Play Store. ESET security researcher Lukas Stefanko yesterday tweeted an alert demonstrating the exploitation of a recently disclosed high-risk remote command execution vulnerability affecting the Firefox app for … [Read more...] about A Bug Could Let Attackers Hijack Firefox for Android via Wi-Fi Network
Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell Lets Attackers Steal Your Wi-Fi Password
Security researchers at Bitdefender have discovered a high-severity security vulnerability in Amazon's Ring Video Doorbell Pro devices that could allow nearby attackers to steal your WiFi password and launch a variety of cyberattacks using MitM against other devices connected to the same network.In case you don't own one of these, Amazon's Ring Video Doorbell is a smart … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell Lets Attackers Steal Your Wi-Fi Password
Researchers Discover New Ways to Hack WPA3 Protected WiFi Passwords
The same team of cybersecurity researchers who discovered several severe vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed as Dragonblood, in the newly launched WPA3 WiFi security standard few months ago has now uncovered two more flaws that could allow attackers to hack WiFi passwords.WPA, or WiFi Protected Access, is a WiFi security standard that has been designed to authenticate wireless … [Read more...] about Researchers Discover New Ways to Hack WPA3 Protected WiFi Passwords
With iOS 8 You don't Need a Network Connection for AirPlay
Here's an interesting tidbit about iOS 8 that Apple didn't mention on WWDC 2014, and that's the removal of a necessary network connection for AirPlay. It's not even easily noticeable on Apple's iOS 8 preview site either, but there, nestled within the enterprise section is what we're looking for: With iOS 8, you can wirelessly connect iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to … [Read more...] about With iOS 8 You don't Need a Network Connection for AirPlay
Watch Steve Jobs Introduce WiFi to the Masses
Reddit brings to our attention an old video that some of you may not have seen -- Steve Jobs introducing Wi-Fi for the first time to the masses, becoming the first mainstream computer with wireless networking. Jobs introduced the iBook G3 during a Keynote conference in 1999 and it became first consumer device to carry a Wi-Fi card. Wi-Fi was being introduced to the masses for … [Read more...] about Watch Steve Jobs Introduce WiFi to the Masses