New Wi-Fi Vulnerability Enables Network Eavesdropping via Downgrade Attacks

By: Newsroom — May 16^th 2024 at 16:02

Researchers have discovered a new security vulnerability stemming from a design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard that tricks victims into connecting to a less secure wireless network and eavesdrop on their network traffic. The SSID Confusion attack, tracked as CVE-2023-52424, impacts all operating systems and Wi-Fi clients, including home and mesh networks that are based on