New Wi-Fi Vulnerability Enables Network Eavesdropping via Downgrade Attacks
(thehackernews.com)
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to security@lemmy.ml on 19 May 2024 04:29
https://lemmy.ml/post/15803547
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to security@lemmy.ml on 19 May 2024 04:29
https://lemmy.ml/post/15803547
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Damn, this could be huge, it sounds like it affects everything.
Also, I’ll be damned if I’m going to use AitM. It’s Man in the Middle. If you want it to be de-gendered just think of it as 'man, ie an abbreviation for human.
“A successful SSID Confusion attack also causes any VPN with the functionality to auto-disable on trusted networks to turn itself off, leaving the victim’s traffic exposed.”