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Severe flaw in WPA2 protocol leaves Wi-Fi traffic open to eavesdropping
(credit: Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock) An air of unease set into the security circles on Sunday as they prepared for the disclosure of high-severe vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II protocol that make it possible for attackers to eavesdrop Wi-Fi traffic passing between computers and access points. The proof-of-concept exploit is called KRACK, short […]