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KrØØk vulnerability affecting Broadcom and Cypress WLAN chips could enable attackers to decrypt wireless network packets

27 February 2020 • 2 min read

New security vulnerability could affect nearly one billion devices worldwide

Researchers at security firm ESET have discovered a security vulnerability in WiFi chips that could enable attackers to snoop on targets' encrypted WiFi traffic. The details of the flaw were pub...

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