Wireless LAN: Security attack
ZDNet | at | by Mike
Security goes from bad to worse. A new attack that can compromise the encryption cipher used on wireless networks has many users and security experts questioning the future of a technology that has long been touted as the future of enterprise computing. The latest blow to the already shaky security reputation of WLANs (wireless LANs) is the worst one yet. The attack, devised by three well-known cryptographers and re-created success fully by a team of AT&T Labs researchers, enables an eavesdropper to capture a small amount of network traffic and recover a user's secret key in less than an hour.