{"id":61986,"date":"2025-01-09T23:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=61986"},"modified":"2025-01-09T23:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:22:05","slug":"cabinet-division-issues-cybersecurity-advisory-for-wi-fi-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/cabinet-division-issues-cybersecurity-advisory-for-wi-fi-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Division issues cybersecurity advisory for Wi-Fi safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ISLAMABAD: <\/span>The Cabinet Division has issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/government-uncovers-fake-it-ministry-website-issues-cyber-alert-to-public\/\">cyber security advisory<\/a> for the safe use of Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p>According to the advisory, Wi-Fi connections have become an indispensable part of the ICT infrastructure. Being a common component in any organization\/home network, the security of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/more-cities-get-free-wi-fi-in-punjab-details-inside\/\">Wi-Fi<\/a> routers is critical in the context of prevailing cyber security threats.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the unprecedented increase in key known vulnerabilities, default security configurations and lack of user awareness, malicious actors can continuously access the network\/endpoints, install malware and steal sensitive\/private data. In this regard, the advisory highlights the security risks of Wi-Fi connections along with prevention guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory notes that Wi-Fi routers are considered one of the least secure devices, as they focus on functionality rather than security. According to the latest research, nearly a third of critical vulnerabilities discovered in Wi-Fi routers have neither been fixed nor addressed by vendors.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a lack of expertise in securing\/hardening Wi-Fi routers further worsens an organization\u2019s security posture.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory highlights several common vulnerabilities and guidelines for hardening Wi-Fi routers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division has issued a cyber security advisory for the safe use of Wi-Fi. According to the advisory, Wi-Fi connections have become an indispensable part of the ICT infrastructure. Being a common component in any organization\/home network, the security of Wi-Fi routers is critical in the context of prevailing cyber security threats. Due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":61987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5571,10636,25645],"class_list":["post-61986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-cabinet-division","tag-cybersecurity","tag-cyber-security-advisory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61988,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61986\/revisions\/61988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}