Broadband Tech > Security > Security > Article on WPS vulnerabilities w/ recommendations

... Many WPS routers are vulnerable to attack because the six to eight plain-text numerals that make up a WPS PIN aren’t very hard to hack. About a year ago, researcher Stefan Viehböck published a paper ( site ) illustrating how to find a WPS PIN via a simple, brute-force attack that can be carried out with an ordinary laptop — or even a smartphone. He also offered a proof-of-concept application to do the cracking. ...