Wifi Security

Huawei Permitted Only For 5G Trials so Far: DoT Secretary

securityforumadmin February 11, 2019 0

Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan on Tuesday said the Indian government has allowed the company only to carry out trials for 5G connectivity as of now. Amid reports of Chinese technology major Huawei being banned in several countries, including the US, on security concerns, Telecom Secretary

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Vulnerabilities Found in Highly Popular Firmware for WiFi Chips

securityforumadmin February 9, 2019 0

WiFi chip firmware in a variety of devices used mainly for gaming, personal computing, and communication comes with multiple issues. At least some of them could be exploited to run arbitrary code remotely without requiring user interaction. The security flaws were discovered in Marvell Avastar 88W8897 SoC (Wi-Fi + Bluetooth + NFC), present in Sony PlayStation […]

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Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2D materials

securityforumadmin January 29, 2019 0

Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics. Devices that convert AC electromagnetic waves into DC electricity

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Nearly 20,000 Orange Modems Leaking Wi-Fi Passwords

securityforumadmin January 24, 2019 0

Nearly 20,000 Orange modems are being targeted thanks to a vulnerability leaking their SSID and Wi-Fi passwords, researchers at Bad Packets have warned. The firm’s honeypots first picked up the attack traffic targeting Orange Livebox ADSL modems. After conducting a simple Shodan search, chief research officer, Troy Mursch found 19,490 such devices leaking their Wi-Fi