The "Pixie Dust" Attack on WPS: Security Now 506
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May 5th 2015
Tech Break 1131
The "Pixie Dust" Attack on WPS: Security Now 506
Hosted by
Steve Gibson,
Leo Laporte
Some Wi-Fi APs generate weak WPS PINs that can be easily determined.
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A researcher Dominique Bongard discovered that some Wi-Fi APs have weak ways of generating the 28-bit E-S1 and E-S2 nonces... that MUST be unpredictable, so an attacker can easily determine the WPS PIN.
For the full episode, go to https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/506
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