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Elcomsoft Claims WPA/WPA2 Cracking Breakthrough

Posted by timothy on from the it-budget-excuse-par-excellence dept.

secmartin writes "Russian security firm Elcomsoft has released software that uses Nvidia GPUs to speed up the cracking of WPA and WPA2 keys by a factor of 100. Since the software allows them to network thousands of PCs, this anouncement effectively signals the death of wireless networking in business networks; any network handling sensitive data should start using VPN encryption on machines connecting over Wi-Fi networks, or stop using these networks altogether."

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  1. Two steps behind... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm still stuck using WEP thanks to crappy wireless drivers for Linux.