Are there any pitfalls to using SSID cloaking? Many organizations use SSID cloaking as a mechanism to add a layer of security to the WLAN. This technique requires that all users have knowledge of the ...

Seems like every guide to securing your wireless network tells you to keep your SSID from broadcasting to make your network more secure, but is that really worthwhile? Let's take a look at one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dimitri Otis/Getty When your wireless router broadcasts its wireless network name, known formally as a Service Set Identifier ...

SSID, or Service Set Identifier, is string of characters broadcast by a wireless network that identifies the network. This identification string lets a computer with a wireless Internet connection ...

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SSID stands for "service set identifier," and it is used to uniquely identify any given Wi Fi network. You can think of it as the IP address for a wireless network. Every Wi Fi network that's set up ...

TL;DR  How we ended up here  My colleague Adam Bromiley and I recently tripped over one of those ‘What!?’ findings. We could completely break an IT-OT segmentation without having to do … anything. We ...

Okay, there is one scenario where hiding your SSID can make your wireless network less secure. If a cracker detects that you’ve disabled SSID broadcasting, he might think you’ve done it because you’ve ...

Wireless connections are becoming a popular way for computers to connect to networks and the Internet, as an employee can connect to either from anywhere within the range of the signal. Using wireless ...