Another day, another cracked encryption standard. This time, researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a way to undermine the ubiquitous RSA encryption technique used in everything from digital communications to copy protection. Although the technique, which involves varying the voltage to the circuitry in which part of the encryption key is contained, [...]
Well, it looks like some geniuses in Japan have figured out a way to decrease the amount of time needed to hack into a WPA protected wireless network from around fifteen minutes to less than one, thus reminding us yet again that modern data security measures are only as good as your local hacker’s level [...]
Posted in Networking, PCs and Laptops, Wireless 
Tags: hacking, MOCA, networking, powerline, research, security, wireless, WPA 
4 Comments »I don’t know why it’s taken forty years after mankind’s first giant leaps on the moon for a story like this to emerge, but in an encouraging sign to all you scientists out there yearning for your very own trek to the stars, the NASTAR Center (a wholly owned subsidiary of Environmental Tectonics Corp.) has created the [...]
