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Re: WiFi Protected Setup attack code posted


From: Gage Bystrom <themadichib0d () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:38:53 -0800

Is be surprised if anyone related to security actually thought WPS was
remotely safe, bout time some actually released a public tool to brute it
though :P
On Dec 29, 2011 2:02 AM, "Craig Heffner" <cheffner () devttys0 com> wrote:

Yesterday, Stefan published a paper describing a vulnerability in WPS that
allows attackers to recover WPA/WPA2 keys in a matter of hours (
http://sviehb.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/wi-fi-protected-setup-pin-brute-force-vulnerability/
).

Code has been posted to implement the attack:
http://www.tacnetsol.com/news/2011/12/28/cracking-wifi-protected-setup-with-reaver.html

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