Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) as a wireless security solution has been analysts' wireless whipping boy for years. But, for some reason, many companies still have ...

Further flaws found in the algorithm have brought the time taken to find the key down to a matter of minutes, but that’s not necessarily fast enough to break into systems that change their security ...

MacFixIt reader Guy Kuo reports a limitation in Apple's AirPort devices that prevents proper access to Windows-based wireless networks using a WEP slot key other than "1." In essence, if the wireless ...

Wireless security protocol, WEP, is everywhere in Wi-Fi networks and just got quicker and easier for hackers to break into. Researchers have discovered a new way of ...

Does anyone know how common it is for wireless networks to use multiple WEP keys? And how do they cycle between them? Google shows references to using dynamic WEP keys, and tumbling WEP keys, but ...

The television show 60 Minutes recently aired a story on the theft of customer data from TJX Companies, the parent company of such well-known stores as TJMaxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods. That company ...

I recently bought a Proxim RangeLAN-DS 802.11b access point. It does not appear to support shared key authentication, although it does support 40-bit and 128-bit WEP for data encryption. So, whether ...

The Kindle supports a number of wireless connection encryption methods. Both Wired Equivalent Privacy and Wi-Fi Protected Access are usable with the Kindle. WEP and ...

Providing security for wireless LANs (WLANs) presents particular challenges. In a wired network it is possible to maintain physical control over the access points (APs)-an intruder must have access to ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

The first wireless security network to mark its appearance was WEP or Wired Equivalent Privacy. It started off with 64-bit encryption (weak) and eventually went all ...

The continued usage of WEP in wireless networks is staggering. In fact, I’m not sure why it’s allowed as an option at all. You have two main security decisions to make when setting up a wireless ...