When approaching the issue of the latest news of the new found vulnerability in the industry’s WPA2 standard, I knew we’d need to interview one of amt’s experts, a Technical Account Manager (TAM). Jon Van Cleve was more than willing to clarify the issue in the most straight forward and to-the-point manner. Below is a quick review of what to know, do, and prepare for when approaching the possible vulnerabilities within your network.<\/p>\n
What is \u201cKRACK\u201d? \u2013 KRACK stands for Key Replacement AttaCK and is a flaw in the WPA2 wireless security standard. WPA2 has been the main method of securing wireless networks since 2005 or so, and is very common.<\/p>\n
How can it affect my network? – It can allow someone who is connected to your network to see all non-https traffic on your network. This includes sites visited, passwords typed in, and any other information between you and the non-https site.<\/p>\n
What can I do to protect myself and my work environment? – You can update all your devices, phones, laptops, PCs. Unfortunately, many devices won’t see updates such as older devices and hardware. Apple and Windows automatically updated IF you are in-line with current updates and newer systems. Double check all carriers and devices to be sure they are covered and updated.<\/p>\n
How is the WPA2 standard vulnerable and what is the “4-way handshake”?\u00a0 \u2013 Part of WPA2 is built-in encryption, which is supposed to keep your data private. However due to a flaw in WPA2, someone already connected to the wireless network can get the encryption key during authentication, more specifically in phase 3 of the 4-way handshake. Once they have this key, all internet data is potentially vulnerable across all devices on the network.<\/p>\n
What does it mean to be patched and how can I make this process happen? – The best process would be to research your device model and KRACK attack procedures. To be patched means having the latest updates of your manufacturing device\/network and maintaining suggested standards of security. Microsoft, Apple, and others have release patches.<\/p>\n
For more information you can check out this Wired article that does a good job at approaching the issue. If you’re one of our clients, please contact us if you have further questions and concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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