Showing posts with label attacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label attacks. Show all posts
Thursday, December 28, 2017
How to Remove Old Versions of Java Including Malware attacks
How to Remove Old Versions of Java Including Malware attacks
How to Remove Old Versions of Java Including Malware attacks
How to Remove Older Versions of Java, Dangerous Versions of Java
How to Remove Older Versions of Java, Dangerous Versions of Java
Saturday, December 16, 2017
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR SELF AGAINST REAVER ATTACKS
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR SELF AGAINST REAVER ATTACKS
How to Protect Yourself Against Reaver Attacks
Since the vulnerability lies in the implementation of WPS, your network should be safe if you can simply turn off WPS (or, even better, if your router doesnt support it in the first place). Unfortunately, as Gallagher points out as Ars, even with WPS manually turned off through his routers settings, Reaver was still able to crack his password.
In a phone conversation, Craig Heffner said that the inability to shut this vulnerability down is widespread. He and others have found it to occur with every Linksys and Cisco Valet wireless access point theyve tested. "On all of the Linksys routers, you cannot manually disable WPS," he said. While the Web interface has a radio button that allegedly turns off WPS configuration, "its still on and still vulnerable.
So thats kind of a bummer. You may still want to try disabling WPS on your router if you can, and test it against Reaver to see if it helps.
You could also set up MAC address filtering on your router (which only allows specifically whitelisted devices to connect to your network), but a sufficiently savvy hacker could detect the MAC address of a whitelisted device and use MAC address spoofing to imitate that computer.
Double bummer. So what will work?
I have the open-source router firmware DD-WRT installed on my router and I was unable to use Reaver to crack its password. As it turns out, DD-WRT does not support WPS, so theres yet another reason to love the free router-booster. If thats got you interested in DD-WRT, check their supported devices list to see if your routers supported. Its a good security upgrade, and DD-WRT can also do cool things like monitor your internet usage, set up a network hard drive, act as a whole-house ad blocker, boost the range of your Wi-Fi network, and more. It essentially turns your $60 router into a $600 router.
THANKS TO LIIFE KACKER
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