security weaknesses

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Dark Reading

The ubiquitous Wi-Fi standard has at least three design flaws that allow a local attacker to intercept and exfiltrate wireless traffic, while additional implementation flaws enable more serious attacks for some wireless traffic, a well-known security researcher revealed this week. The design flaws in the IEEE 802.11 standard — more commonly known as Wi-Fi —…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: CSO

Vulnerability scanners are automated tools that allow organizations to check if their networks, systems and applications have security weaknesses that could expose them to attacks. Vulnerability scanning is a common practice across enterprise networks and is often mandated by industry standards and government regulations to improve the organization’s security posture. There are many tools and…