Η Wi-Fi Alliance announcement, which are various manufacturers of devices, such as Apple, the Microsoft and Qualcomm on Monday announced the next-generation WPA3 wireless network security standard.
The standard will replace WPA2, one protocol security που υπάρχει σχεδόν δύο δεκαετίες και είναι ενσωματωμένο για την προστασία σχεδόν κάθε ασύρματης συσκευής σήμερα, όπως phones, laptops, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
One of the key improvements to WPA3 is solving a common security problem: open Wi-Fi networks. ΤOpen Wi-Fi networks at cafes and airports are very convenient but unencrypted, allowing anyone on the same network to monitor data sent from other devices.
WPA3 uses a highly customized data encryption that shuffles the connection between each device on the network and the router, ensuring that the traffic data is kept secure and that the sites you are visiting have not been tampered with.
Another basic upgrade to WPA3 comes to protect against brute-force attacks, making it much harder for attackers near your Wi-Fi network to test lists of potential passwords.
The new wireless security protocol will prevent any intruder from having some failed password speculation.
The WPA2, a wireless security standard that has been around since 2004, uses a (4-way) handshake to allow new devices that have the code access to join a network.
The newer WPA3 will use a new kind of handshake that will not be vulnerable to attacks brute-force that use random password lists.
The new WPA3 security standard is expected to be released later this year.