The researcher then set to work developing an attack capable of striking each of these networks rapidly and efficiently. In total, 5,000 WiFi hashes around his neighborhood were gathered as a sample group by wandering the streets with network sniffing equipment. Hoorvitch, who lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, decided to put his theories to the test.
A new attack takes advantage of weak WiFi passwordsĪ new attack technique has been demonstrated that is capable of widespread WiFi cracking.ĬyberArk security researcher Ido Hoorvitch said that properties in urban areas often have unsafe and weak WiFi passwords in use that could be “easily cracked or even guessed by curious neighbors or malicious actors”.
