{"id":2296,"date":"2017-10-20T13:47:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T01:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=2296"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:47:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T01:47:31","slug":"krack-wireless-access-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=2296","title":{"rendered":"KRACK Wireless Access Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"

[header2 text=”KRACK – Wireless Access Vulnerability” align=”left” color=”#336A40″ margintop=””]<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been all over the news that the dastardly hackers have struck again, this time hitting your favourite wireless.\u00a0 According to some reports, the world will end (again!).<\/p>\n

Firstly, its true : this week has seen the public release of information about a vulnerability with Wi-Fi access.\u00a0 As with all breaking news details can differ between reports and many exaggerate the issue.\u00a0 In this case, there is an issue and it does need to be addressed.<\/p>\n

[header2 text=”<\/strong>What is affected?<\/strong>” align=”left” color=”#336A40″ margintop=””]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The issue impacts wireless access that uses the WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access II) standard.\u00a0 It\u2019s fairly safe to say that most every Wi-Fi device in the world supports this protocol.\u00a0 This impacts everything from mobile phones\/laptops\/desktops that have Wi-Fi to the Wireless Access Points themselves.<\/p>\n

Online sources warn that Android and Linux devices are most at risk, while MacOS and Windows are exposed to a lesser extent.<\/p>\n

[header2 text=”<\/strong>What can the hack do?<\/strong>” align=”left” color=”#336A40″ margintop=””]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The release of information is still very new.\u00a0 As yet no one has had time to build any tools that take advantage of the hack.\u00a0 Past experience suggest that active exploration can lag a month or two behind release.\u00a0 But the tools will come.\u00a0 When they do a hacker should be able to:<\/p>\n