If You Connect to Wifi, You’re Vulnerable to the KRACK Attack.
Recently a new WPA flaw was discovered. What does that mean? That means that if you transmit information through Wifi, your information can be obtained.
When connecting to a WiFi network, your device performs an authentication “handshake.” The KRACK attack targets the third step of this phase. That means that while you are connecting to a WiFi network, the KRACK attack tries to break your encryption. If the attack manages to break your encryption, it can spy on most, if not all, the data that you send to and from your device.
What do I need to do?
Update your Operating systems – Android, OSX, iOS, Windows… – everything. Yes, even Linux machines.
To read more, please check out PCWorld’s excellent article.