Wi-Fi is getting harder to hack: How to keep your new router secure

With the development of WiFi technology, WiFi has become more and more difficult to crack. The reason is that the new generation of routers have adopted the WPA3 (the latest network equipment security) standard.

Data shows that after more than a decade of using the same security standard, more than 500,000 consumer routers were exploited by hackers to carry out malware damage last year. International WiFi manufacturers hope to add security protocol functions that can be universally implemented on Wi-Fi by updating Wi-Fi equipment, that is, certifying support for the WPA3 standard.

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The new generation of WPA3 standard makes WIFI difficult to crack

Devices using the upgraded WPA3 will be mostly invulnerable to hackers trying to guess your password until they get it right. The new security provisions will also implement "strong protection" when people use weak passwords. In addition, devices that support WPA3 also have personalized data encryption features, making them more suitable for use in coffee shops and other open Wi-Fi networks.

In the past, with WPA2, hackers could identify passwords by understanding the specifications of routers and the way they transmitted data between devices and servers. The passwords were transmitted through the garbled data in the network traffic, a method of attack commonly known as a dictionary attack.

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Hackers crack WPA2 routers by using passwords in data transmission

Similar methods can also be used to decrypt information shared between devices and previously transmitted data, and WPA3 is designed to protect against this attack and prevent hackers from capturing previously sent data.