Emerging Long-Range WAN Networks Vulnerable to Hacking, Compromise

Dark Reading – The fast-emerging long-range wide area networking (LoRaWAN) protocol — designed to wirelessly connect low-power, battery-operated “things” to the Internet — is dangerously vulnerable to widespread attacks and compromise, security firm IOActive said in a report Tuesday. According to the vendor, its research shows that the encryption keys used for securing communications between devices, gateways, and network servers in LoRaWAN environments are weakly protected and easily obtainable.