Wi-Fi Security Update
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WPA2 [Wi-Fi Protected Access] products, both access points and client air cards, will soon be flooding the market. This uses the Advanced Encryption Standard [AES] which is compliant with the FIPS140-2 government security requirements.
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Ten products to sport Wi-Fi Multimedia brand next week
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Blog: This security update for the Apple TV device follows one last month for desktop and laptop users.
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Ziff Davis - The update fixes about eight vulnerabilities, including an image file problem and printing and networking holes.
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(Source: Fluke Networks)  This whitepaper outlines the methods which will assist a network manager in the task of keeping the wireless network secure.
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Wireless networks giving computer users  Internet access from anywhere in the home could expose them to  eavesdropping and programmers should make their security  software easier to use, researchers say.
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Update to SecureCore firewall aims to prevent programs from executing malicious commands.
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 25  /PRNewswire/ -- Interoperability certification for high-performance Wi-Fi gear is now underway.
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Apple on Thursday released the much-anticipated software update for the iPhone. In addition to the iTunes Wi-Fi Store, the update also adds several new features to the iPhone.
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After a warning from a government watchdog group, schools and families in Britain are scrambling to remove Wi-Fi systems.   In April, a chief health watchdog official called for a timely review of Wi-Fi technology and its possible radiation effects, the Independent on Sunday reported.
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Apple has begun offering a $1.99 USD software patch that would enable use of 802.11n wireless networking on select Intel-based Mac models. However, the update has not come without controversy.
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An alliance says that Wi-Fi Protected Access 2, or WPA2, is a big improvement on earlier wireless security standards.
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(InfoWorld) - Cisco SystemsÂ hasÂ expandedÂ aÂ range of security mechanisms for wired LANsÂ to theÂ wireless side of enterprise networks. The dominant LAN vendorÂ announceedÂ on Wednesday itÂ had upgraded its software and launched a set of guidelines for integrating wired and wireless security, called the Cisco Secure Wireless Solution. The new capabilities are available to any customer with current Cisco software, said Chris Kozup, manager of mobility solutions at Cisco. Customers can use the guidelines themselves to build a security architecture or enlist the help of Cisco's services organization or third parties. Enterprises are already able to bring wireless devices into Cisco's security system, which is built around ensuring any client is authorized and free of threats before it can hook up to the network. But bringing the same set of tools into the wireless domain can make that process easier, Kozup said. For example, if an enterprise wanted to secure wireless clients using Cisco's Network Access Control (NAC) appliance, the end user connecting via wireless would have to manually log into the NAC. Now that process can be transparent to the user, just as it is on the wired network, he said. In addition to the NAC, the architecture includes Cisco's ASA firewall, Cisco Security Agent (CSA), Cisco IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) software, Cisco Secure ACS (Access Control Server) and Cisco Secure Services Client. These long-time features of Cisco's wired security are being extended to wireless LANs as the company's latest step toward unifying wired and wireless into one network, Kozup said. The system makes the wired and wireless networks work together to bolster security. For example, if a notebook PC is connected to the LAN via a wired port, its wireless radio will be turned off automatically to prevent an attacker from using the wireless connection as a path on to the wired LAN. In addition, a Cisco wireless LAN controller, the mechanism in an appliance, router or switch that controls wireless infrastructure, can disconnect a wireless LAN client that poses a threat. The security built into all Wi-Fi products has improved in recent years and many vendors sell tools to secure wireless LANs, such as Aruba Wireless Networks Inc.'s technology that uses encrypted tunnels. Cisco's new approach may not be significantly more secure than those options, but it can simplify life for IT administrators, said Farpoint Group analyst Craig Mathias. For one thing, it's easier if security for both parts of the network uses a single directory of users, he said. Other approaches that are less expensive and more scalable can work just as well, according to Burton Group analyst Dave Passmore. "This is Cisco assuming the network perimeter needs to be protected right at the every edge, rather than a more centralized approach," Passmore said. There are no significant threats to an enterprise LAN that can't be handled from within the wired part of the network, he said.
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Blog: Home networking tools are added to the service.
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Software update patches bug in wireless drivers that left systems vulnerable.
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Apple Computer has released AirPort 4.1, an update to the drivers for its wireless networking hardware running under Mac OS X v10.3.
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Wireless networks should soon be safer to use as their in-built security systems get an overhaul.