We all knew it could be done; that a hacker with enough time and processing power could watch your WPA-protected wireless network and, eventually, decrypt your precious datas. But did anyone guess it could be done in under 15 minutes? Not I! Well WiFi wizard Erik Tews has done just that, he’ll be giving a presentation next week at the PacSec Conference in Tokyo, describing the “mathematical breakthrough” that, he says, enables him to crack WPA-TKIP in 12 to 15 minutes.
There are some limitations, as the data sent from a connected device to the compromised router is apparently still safe, but anything headed the other way is wide open. Tews was the guy able to crack WEPÂ in under a minute last year, ironically advising people to switch to WPA ASAP at the time.
So what should you do to secure your network? Switch to WPA2, which is still uncracked,at-least until this Tews sets his sight on that also.
Good thing I don’t have anything worth looking at on my computer.
Via PC World
Update here is a brand new Youtube How to on the hack.
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