How To Protect Your Wi-Fi Network From Frag Attacks Vulnerabilities?

Any device, be it smartwatch, laptop or your smartphone, is at risk of wi-fi frag attack vulnerabilities. Learn how to protect your device from fragattack.

11 Oct 2021 12:18 IST

Updated On 19 Sep 2022 05:42 IST

From smartwatches, laptops to your smartphones, all are at risk of frag attacks wi-fi vulnerabilities. Hackers can easily take advantage of this and steal your information if your device is connected to wi-fi.

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A NY-based hacker Mathy Vanhoef has disclosed this new wi-fi vulnerability recently and said it was already there since 1997 when the first version was developed.

Vanhoef experimented on 75+ wi-fi products to demonstrate what is frag attack is and how does it work. Here are the results of his experiment and what ways researchers found to protect your home network and devices.

What Are FragAttacks- The New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities

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Why Is FragAttack Very Dangerous?

fragattacks vulnerability — KRACK vulnerabilities discovered by Mathy can breach the security letting any suspicious user enter the network.

Experts found several design flaws such as CVE -2020-24588, 87, 86, and implementation flaws behind this exposure. Luckily, there are ways to protect devices from the fragattack vulnerability.

3 Steps To Protect Wi-Fi Network From FragAttacks

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Mathy also figured out that frag attack vulnerability is advantageous for hackers only if they are close to the network or have a user’s wi-fi password. But following these security measures are important for everyone as this is only one such issue and the list of loopholes is endless.

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