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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

Wireless security is the protection of wireless networks, devices and data from unwanted access and breaches. It involves a variety of strategies and practices designed to preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of wireless networks and their resources. What is Wireless Security?

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5 Ways to Ensure Home Router Security with a Remote Workforce

Adam Levin

Use a Strong and Unique Password: Discourage employees from reusing passwords that are linked to other accounts. Update the Firmware: Router manufacturers are constantly issuing updates and patches for newly discovered firmware vulnerabilities. Otherwise, it can easily be accessed and potentially compromised.

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Experts warn of critical flaws in Flexlan devices that provide WiFi on airplanes

Security Affairs

The FXA3000 and FXA2000 Series are access points that are manufactured by Japan-based firm Contec that conform to IEEE 802.11n/a/b/g wireless. “It is found that our wireless products, FLEXLAN FX3000/2000 series, have a firmware vulnerability. . ” reads the advisory published by Contec.

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Friends Don't Let Friends Use Dodgy WiFi: Introducing Ubiquiti's Dream Machine and FlexHD

Troy Hunt

I bought a security gateway to do DHCP, a couple of switches for all my connected things, 5 access points for my wireless things and a Cloud Key to control them all. ok, not so much, but I'll get creative later on) Next, let's choose who's going to admin the unit based on their Ubiquiti account. Check out the upload speed - 1Mbps.

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Beyond the Office: Securing Home Devices and Networks Against Corporate Breaches

SecureWorld News

Periodically, at least once a quarter, review the security settings of your social media accounts and the apps linked to them. Be vigilant about duplicate accounts of people you know. Some people register several accounts, for example, to avoid losing contact with the network in case of temporary blocking.

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ITHC (IT Health Check) and PSN compliance: an overview and considerations

IT Security Guru

The configuration of your wireless network. Check that your OS, applications and firmware are updated with appropriate patches. Stopping password/account sharing. Ensuring that high-privilege users such as administrators use different passwords across accounts. Don’t forget to factor in employees personal devices.

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Kali Linux 2022.4 Release (Azure, Social & Kali NetHunter Pro)

Kali Linux

Instead, we automatically post blog posts thus these accounts are mostly unmonitored! users (most devices out there) as you will be able to use wardriving with internal wireless and Bluetooth chipsets , if OTG adapters are not an option. Wireless firmware has been updated, and Magisk firmware flashing is now patched.