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Security News This Week: Russian Spies Rush to Exploit the Latest Flash Zero Day

Security News This Week: Russian Spies Rush to Exploit the Latest Flash Zero Day

Security News This Week: Russian Spies Rush to Exploit the Latest Flash Zero Day

Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer

October 25, 20178m 16s

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Show Notes

There's nothing like a hefty security freakout to start the week, and the Key Reinstallation AttackWi-Fi vulnerability—you know it as Krack—announced on Monday fit the bill. The bug is in the ubiquitous WPA2 Wi-Fi protocol, so while it fortunately doesn't impact every single device that exists, it does affect a significant portion of them.

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