Wifi-WPA2 Krack-the backdoor is open!

[Ed P]

We are about to see what happens when a back-door is left in an ‘uncrackable’ encryption system!

WPA2 WAS a gold standard for a usable end to end encryption system, unfortunately the back-door (deliberate or accidental – probably the former) has now been jammed wide-open and we are about to see its impacts on both domestic and commercial life. Luckily for the domestic side the impacts will be slow – maybe even non-existent unless you live in a tower block or student hall. However, the impacts on the commercial side are likely to be more immediate and serious — lots of new work for Dave!

As usual Ars has more – link

 

[Dave Rice]

The Ubiquiti fix is in beta.

EDIT – it looks like the main problem has been fixed in an earlier firmware update. It’s the latest additional information received that’s in beta.

From a Ubiquiti employee on their forums @8:45 today:

Yes, this is partially patched in current releases. Partially, because we have recently received additional information and haven’t acted on it yet. Don’t panic, WPA2 is not broken and airMAX makes it more difficult to exploit. Planning to post more later today/early tomorrow, after the details are fully public.

[Ed P]

It appears that the exploit has a wider implication in that it can be used to attack phones using a wifi hotspot.

[edit] It appears that the attack is most effective against Linux users!

link

[RSB]

Mint Update arrived this aft.

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