{"id":33947,"date":"2020-03-20T21:47:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T21:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/"},"modified":"2020-03-20T21:47:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T21:47:58","slug":"bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Proof-of-concept exploit code has emerged for last month<\/a>‘s data-leaking Kr\u00d8\u00d8k vulnerability present in a billion-plus Wi-Fi-connected devices and computers.<\/p>\n

The team at infosec outfit Hexway told The Register<\/em> on Friday it has crafted a working exploit<\/a> for the flaw which is present in equipment that uses Broadcom’s communications chipsets. This design blunder can be abused by nearby miscreants to snatch snapshots of private data, such as web requests, messages, and passwords, over the air from devices as they are transmitted, if said data is not securely encrypted using an encapsulating protocol, such as HTTPS, DNS-over-HTTPS, a VPN, and SSH.<\/p>\n

Crucially, to pull this off, a hacker does not need to be on the same Wi-Fi network as the victim: just within radio range of a vulnerable phone, gateway, laptop, or whatever is being probed.<\/p>\n

“Among the devices vulnerable to this attack are the ones from Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi and other popular brands,” Hexway told The Register<\/em>. “To perform the Kr\u00d8\u00d8k attack, a hacker just needs his or her victim to be connected to the Wi-Fi.”<\/p>\n

Designated CVE-2019-15126, the Kr\u00d8\u00d8k bug<\/a> revolves around the transmission data buffers in Broadcom chips. Researchers at ESET found that, in specific circumstances, an attacker can force a nearby device to disconnect from its Wi-Fi point, causing it to emit any data still in its transmit buffer with an encryption key value of zero. Thus a nearby snooper can decrypt this transmitted information flushed from the buffer. If the data isn’t wrapped up in additional encryption, such as HTTPS, it can be read as plain text.<\/p>\n

Hexway has managed to weaponize the design error in Broadcom’s hardware by using a Raspberry Pi 3 with a Python script. This setup was able to yield keys and private data from a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact and Huawei Honor 4X, because they use the vulnerable chipset.<\/p>\n

\"Illustration<\/p>\n

Wi-Fi of more than a billion PCs, phones, gadgets can be snooped on. But you’re using HTTPS, SSH, VPNs… right?<\/h2>\n

READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

It is also believed that certain models of Amazon Echo and Kindle, Google Nexus smartphones, and both the iPad and iPhone are vulnerable to the flaw.<\/p>\n

“After testing this PoC on different devices, we found out that the data of the clients that generated plenty of UDP traffic was the easiest to intercept,” Hexway said in an advisory accompanying its code.<\/p>\n

“Among those clients, for example, there are various streaming apps because this kind of traffic (unlike small TCP packets) will always be kept in the buffer of a Wi-Fi chip.”<\/p>\n

Those so inclined can get the script from Hexway<\/a> via GitHub. Meanwhile, security outfit Thice has cooked up its own exploit<\/a> proof-of-concept as well.<\/p>\n

The Thice report includes further details on the flaw, which may not be as bad as feared.<\/p>\n

“So, yeah, Kr\u00d8\u00d8k is real and not that hard to exploit when a vulnerable router is involved,” says the Thice recap. “However, the amount of data that you can steal this way is limited since it is only a couple of packets per disconnect.”<\/p>\n

If you haven’t already done so, and if you’re able to, and if it’s necessary, check for and install software patches from your devices’ manufacturers to address the Kr\u00d8\u00d8k vulnerability. \u00ae<\/p>\n

Sponsored:<\/span> Webcast: Why you need managed detection and response<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s not like you can snoop on anyone right now anyway, right? Proof-of-concept exploit code has emerged for last month’s data-leaking Kr\u00d8\u00d8k vulnerability present in a billion-plus Wi-Fi-connected devices and computers.\u2026 READ MORE HERE…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"\nBored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-20T21:47:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"174\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"115\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TH Author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@threatshub\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@threatshub\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TH Author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TH Author\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12e0a8671ff89a863584f193e7062476\"},\"headline\":\"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-20T21:47:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":578,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"The Register\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-20T21:47:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg\",\"width\":174,\"height\":115},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News\",\"description\":\"%%focuskw%% Threat Intel \u2013 Threat Intel Services \u2013 CyberIntelligence \u2013 Cyber Threat Intelligence - Threat Intelligence Feeds - Threat Intelligence Reports - CyberSecurity Report \u2013 Cyber Security PDF \u2013 Cybersecurity Trends - Cloud Sandbox \u2013- Threat IntelligencePortal \u2013 Incident Response \u2013 Threat Hunting \u2013 IOC - Yara - Security Operations Center \u2013 SecurityOperation Center \u2013 Security SOC \u2013 SOC Services - Advanced Threat - Threat Detection - TargetedAttack \u2013 APT \u2013 Anti-APT \u2013 Advanced Protection \u2013 Cyber Security Services \u2013 Cybersecurity Services -Threat Intelligence Platform\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Threatshub.org\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ThreatsHub.org\",\"alternateName\":\"Threatshub.org\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Threatshub_Favicon1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Threatshub_Favicon1.jpg\",\"width\":432,\"height\":435,\"caption\":\"ThreatsHub.org\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/threatshub\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12e0a8671ff89a863584f193e7062476\",\"name\":\"TH Author\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TH Author\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","description":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","og_description":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/","og_site_name":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","article_published_time":"2020-03-20T21:47:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":174,"height":115,"url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"TH Author","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@threatshub","twitter_site":"@threatshub","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TH Author","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/"},"author":{"name":"TH Author","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/12e0a8671ff89a863584f193e7062476"},"headline":"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices","datePublished":"2020-03-20T21:47:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/"},"wordCount":578,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg","articleSection":["The Register"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/","name":"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-20T21:47:58+00:00","description":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices.jpg","width":174,"height":115},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/bored-during-lockdown-why-not-try-out-these-data-spilling-krook-wi-fi-bug-exploits-against-your-nearby-devices\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bored during lockdown? Why not try out these data-spilling Kr\u00d8\u00d8k Wi-Fi bug exploits against your nearby devices"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/","name":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","description":"%%focuskw%% Threat Intel \u2013 Threat Intel Services \u2013 CyberIntelligence \u2013 Cyber Threat Intelligence - Threat Intelligence Feeds - Threat Intelligence Reports - CyberSecurity Report \u2013 Cyber Security PDF \u2013 Cybersecurity Trends - Cloud Sandbox \u2013- Threat IntelligencePortal \u2013 Incident Response \u2013 Threat Hunting \u2013 IOC - Yara - Security Operations Center \u2013 SecurityOperation Center \u2013 Security SOC \u2013 SOC Services - Advanced Threat - Threat Detection - TargetedAttack \u2013 APT \u2013 Anti-APT \u2013 Advanced Protection \u2013 Cyber Security Services \u2013 Cybersecurity Services -Threat Intelligence Platform","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Threatshub.org","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#organization","name":"ThreatsHub.org","alternateName":"Threatshub.org","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Threatshub_Favicon1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Threatshub_Favicon1.jpg","width":432,"height":435,"caption":"ThreatsHub.org"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/threatshub"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/12e0a8671ff89a863584f193e7062476","name":"TH Author","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TH Author"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}