What is the WPS Button? There's a very useful button on your WiFi router, but like most people, you may have overlooked it. We're talking about the button labeled WPS. You probably remember it by now.

When you think about home Wi-Fi and wireless security, technical concepts like antiviruses, encryption, and vulnerabilities often come to mind. Still, the simpler things usually end up causing the ...

If you've ever paid attention to your home's WiFi router, you might have noticed a small button on it. This button is called WPS, or Wi-Fi Protected Setup. This button's function is to simplify the ...

A Broadcom WPS flaw lets nearby attackers run code as root on affected routers without a Wi-Fi password; no patch or CVE is available.

A 16-year-old flaw in Broadcom chips lets attackers hijack millions of home routers worldwide over WiFi. Researcher Quentin Kaiser disclosed the bug, dubbed WPSplinter, at the Hexacon conference in ...

Under certain conditions, attackers can use the bug to remotely execute malicious code on affected devices and take control of a router. After Declarations According to security researcher Quentin ...

If you set WPA/WPA2 security protocol on your home or small business wireless router, and you think your Wi-Fi is secure, there are two recently released brute force tools that attackers may use to ...

A WPS button refers to the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button on a router or Wi-Fi extender. On your router, you'll see a WPS button (sometimes labeled with two arrows curving) that you can press.

If your smartphone couldn’t rely on its Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS), its location abilities would be slower and less accurate. However, WPS can prove dangerous when it exposes your whereabouts.

In mid-2020, Mark Grayson, Andrew Myles and I published a White Paper (shameless self-plug!) that examined and compared the security features of Wi-Fi 6 and 5G. We concluded that both WI-Fi 6 and 5G ...